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August 19, 2021 - 17:49

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified Việt Nam’s policies on entry for fully vaccinated arrivals and ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners in the country.

 

Deputy spokesperson for the foreign ministry Phạm Thu Hằng. — VNA/VNS Photo Lâm Khánh

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified Việt Nam’s policies on entry for fully vaccinated arrivals and ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners in the country.

Deputy spokesperson for the foreign ministry Phạm Thu Hằng during the regular press briefing held via videoconference from Hà Nội noted that on August 4, the health ministry has issued guidance on quarantine for entrants who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from the disease.

These people – also still required to produce proof of COVID-19 negative tests, along with proof of vaccination or recovery – will only have to stay in centralised quarantine for seven days after entry, followed by seven days of medical observation.

“Currently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is coordinating with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Information and Communications on developing criteria and mechanisms to recognise and allow the use in Việt Nam of foreign vaccination certificates and vaccine passports, in order to create favourable conditions for people to enter and quarantine in accordance with the domestic situation and the provisions of Vietnamese and international law,” Hằng said.

To make it easier to follow the Health Ministry’s guidelines, the Foreign Ministry in collaboration with the Health Ministry has issued temporary guidelines on checking and recognising foreigners’ COVID-19 vaccination and recovery certificates which are officially introduced to Vietnam via diplomatic channels of 44 countries and territories.