More doses of Moderna vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic will arrive in Vietnam next month to be injected to children aged from six to below 12, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).

The vaccination of children aged between five and under 12 years old have been carried out safely in many localities over the past few days and no incidents have been recorded so far.

The Ministry of Health has asked localities to prepare for vaccinating children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 from April, using vaccine donated by the Government of Australia.

The health ministry has asked localities to prepare to carry out the inoculation of children aged 5-11 years old against COVID-19 as soon as the vaccines are distributed, likely to be in early April.

The number of children contracting Covid-19 has begun increasing. Hospitals have reported a number of severe, critical and fatal cases among children.

About 490,000 children in Vietnam were confirmed to have contracted coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, according to deputy health minister Nguyen Truong Son.

A high school student of Quang Tri province has died after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot, becoming the fifth child victim of vaccinations in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 5 asked the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to examine the possibility of giving children aged 5 and above vaccine shots against COVID-19.

The news about one more death in Binh Phuoc after a Covid-19 vaccination and the extension of expiry dates for two batches of Pfizer vaccines has caused concern among Hanoi parents.

The health department of the northern province Bac Giang on Sunday confirmed that one among the four students hospitalised due to serious anaphylactic shock reactions to COVID-19 vaccinations has died.

Hanoi began vaccinating children aged 15-17 against COVID-19 from November 23 morning, using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

As many as 12 cities and provinces in Viet Nam have inoculated teenagers aged 12-17 with over 1.2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Training have recommended that local authorities allow children to return to school, and not wait for vaccinations as vaccines are currently for children aged 12 and over.

Nearly 792,000 children aging from 12-17 years old in Hanoi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2021 and first quarter of 2022.

After the announcement of the Health Ministry on the Covid-19 vaccinations for children aged 12 to 17, Vietnamese parents have expressed their concern.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has announced plans for a nationwide training programme on COVID-19 immunisation for children, with students first in line, starting on Friday.

The Ministry of Health has licenced COVID-19 Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for inoculation of children aged from 12-17.

Vietnam will carry out COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of five and 11 next year pending scientific research available, according to the national immunization advisory council.

Ho Chi Minh City began its Covid-19 vaccination program for students aged 16-17 years old on October 27, becoming the first locality in the country to officially vaccinate children.