Number of workers returning to HCM City after unlockdown.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has assigned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with partners to speed up the recognition of “COVID-19 vaccine passports.”

The Government Office has just issued a document detailing the Deputy PM’s direction on “vaccine passports” and measures to facilitate the entry of foreign experts into Việt Nam to serve economic development.

The Ministry of Public Health is assigned to take charge of issuing paper and electronic forms of Việt Nam’s vaccine passport, to be completed before November 5.

The Ministries of Information and Communication, Public Security, and Public Health are tasked with developing an application and QR codes for vaccine passports in accordance with the Prime Minister’s instruction in Notice 242/TB-VPCP dated September 13, 2021.

Deputy PM Minh approved the policy on facilitating entry procedures for foreigners belonging to groups that are specified in the conclusions of meetings of permanent Government members on COVID-19 prevention and control; foreigners who travel to Việt Nam to study the market, attend conferences and workshops, or visit family members; and overseas Vietnamese and their family members. All those people should have certificates of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery from COVID-19.