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Dr Kidong Park , WHO Representative in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The extensive vaccination of children aged 12 and above helps reduce disease burden and the risk of new variant emergence, potentially by reducing viral transmission, Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Vietnam, said in an interview with Vietnam News Agency reporters. Park spoke highly of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s vaccination scheme, saying that “the Ministry of Health emphasises the importance of accelerating vaccination for adults as first priority, especially the health workers, older people, and those with co-morbidities.” This is in line with WHO recommendations, he stressed. Regarding the ministry officially allowing COVID-19 vaccinations in children aged 12-17, with those aged 16-17 to get the shots first, the WHO official said extensive vaccination of children 12 years old and above will reduce disease burden and the risk of new variant emergence, potentially by reducing … [Read more...] about WHO Representative: Extensive vaccination of children helps reduce disease burden

Eleven sailors and their fishing boat drifting at sea for nearly a day are brought to safety by rescuers from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre ( Vietnam MRCC ) on December 5 morning. (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – Eleven sailors and their fishing boat which had been drifting at sea for nearly a day were brought to safety by rescuers from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on December 5 morning. They went into distress while in waters off the central province of Quang Tri in early morning the previous day when the main engine suddenly broke down, leaving the sailors struggling for hours to fix the problems. The fishermen failed to regain the control of the boat which started drifting amid strong winds and high waves of up to 3 metres. Receiving call for help from the ship’s captain, the Vietnam MRCC sent its ship SAR 412 from Da Nang to rescue the sailors. The broken boat was later found 97 … [Read more...] about Eleven sailors in distress at sea brought ashore

A student has her temperature checked at the entrance to Việt Đức High school in Hà Nội on Monday morning. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội's 12th graders returned to school on Monday after seven months of online learning in the capital, joining their peers in many other provinces around the country. Hà Nội's Department of Education and Training announced last week a back-to-school plan for high school students in grades 10, 11 and 12. However, the plan was changed on Sunday due to further COVID-19 developments. As such, the return of 10th and 11th graders has been delayed, while 12th graders will attend on a mixture of online and in-person classes. The returning students will have a staggered schedule - half will attend school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while the other half will go on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Students will learn online for the days that they are at home. Ninth graders in 18 outlying districts will continue to study at school. … [Read more...] about Hà Nội’s 12th graders back to school as several provinces also re-opened school on Monday

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has mooted that the central government ease quarantine regulations and expedite recognition of ‘vaccine passports’ to prepare for resuming international flights. The transport ministry submitted to the Government Office a document on solutions for restoring international flights, which was based on the suggestions of local airlines. The government should request the Ministry of Health to consider the maximum relaxation of quarantine regulations for international arrivals, it said, adding that the country should gradually remove quarantine regulations for these passengers. The government should task the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with speeding up the negotiations with countries and territories regarding the mutual recognition of ‘vaccine passports.’ The Ministry of Health, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Information and Communications need to work together to establish a specialized app that allows flight passengers to file health … [Read more...] about Vietnam transport ministry floats quarantine regulation relaxation to restore int’l flights

Schools are requested to enforce pandemic prevention and control measures in line with guidelines given by the municipal Departments of Health and Education and Training. Around 40,000 twelfth graders in Hanoi resume offline learning today [December 6] after seven months of online schooling due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts. The Hanoi Department of Education and Training yesterday decided to allow twelfth graders to go back to school instead of all high school grades (students of tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade) as planned as the city has recorded hundreds of new Covid-19 infections every day in recent days, making returning to school risky for students. Accordingly, only twelfth-grade students have joined ninth-graders in Hanoi’s 18 low-risk suburban districts and towns who returned to schools on November 9 and 22. Students of Viet Duc High School in Hanoi's in Hoan Kiem District on the first day of returning to school. Photo: Ngoc Tu Schools are … [Read more...] about Hanoi resumes in-person classes for twelfth graders

Seventy percent of parents of first graders in Ho Chi Minh City would not let their children switch from current virtual classes to physical learning next week as planned by local authorities, according to a recent survey. Almost 30 percent of parents of first graders said yes to the city’s plan to reopen in-person classes for their kids on December 13 amid surging COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, said the survey conducted by the municipal Department of Education and Training at 565 elementary schools in the city. Among 121,759 parents of first graders, or 92.8 percent of the total number of parents of this grade, taking part in the survey, only 36,316 gave a nod to the scheme while the rest expressed their disagreement. First graders, who have not yet been vaccinated against the coronavirus, can get infected with the disease outside the home and then transmit the pathogen to other members in their families, especially those with underlying health conditions, parents who … [Read more...] about Most Ho Chi Minh City parents won’t let elementary kids return to schools amid pandemic: survey