HCMC - The Ministry of Health on December 21 officially announced Vietnam’s Covid-19 vaccine passport, which will be granted to people that have been fully vaccinated with one of the eight Covid-19 vaccines approved for use in Vietnam by the ministry.
The vaccines include AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Vero Cell, Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen, Hayat-Vax and Abdala. According to the Official Dispatch No. 5772 of the ministry, the vaccine passport includes the holder's name, date of birth, nationality, targeted disease, number of vaccine shots, date of vaccination, lot number of the vaccine batch, vaccine type, vaccine manufacturers and a serial number. The holder's name and date of birth will be integrated with other personal identification documents such as passports and citizen identification cards. Information about the targeted disease, type of vaccine and vaccine manufacturers will be compatible with the World Health Organization’s "Covid-19 vaccine tracker and landscape" and "Value sets for EU Digital Covid Certificates" issued by the European Union. The data will be presented through a QR code which will be valid for 12 months from the date of issuance.
