In order to speed up mass testing and vaccination against Covid-19 for its residents, Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi has organized vaccinations both day and night.

Hanoi’s Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh has signed a document on the 24/7 duty regime on testing and vaccinations.

Hanoi has asked the Ministry of Health (MOH) to give guidance on allowing fully vaccinated people to travel and participate in production and pandemic prevention activities.

The Ministry of Health said those who have been fully vaccinated still have to comply with anti-pandemic warnings, including social distancing and 5K messages.

According to Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc, the city will need about 8,145,900 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to vaccinate people aged 18 and above from now until the end of 2021.

From August 23, people in "red" and "orange" areas in eight districts of Ho Chi Minh City will be vaccinated against Covid-19 at home.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to begin vaccinating people aged 12-18 from September if there is a suitable vaccine source, according to city authorities.

On August 18, Ho Chi Minh City saw 2,291 Covid-19 patients discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of recovered patients since January 1 to 80,441.

Two medical workers in protective suits carrying professional equipment were seen recently going to small alleys, knocking on the doors of homes to give vaccines to people.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc has agreed to conduct vaccination against COVID-19 for foreigners living, studying and working in the city, within its capacity and resources.

HCM City plans to begin vaccinating people aged 12-18 from September if there is a suitable vaccine source, according to city authorities.

A 49-year-old man received two doses of Vero Cell vaccine in one minute in a rare accident in HCM City.

The top priorities of Ho Chi Minh City at the current time are to prevent the Covid-19 pandemic and protect people's health and lives.

Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan said that Ho Chi Minh City will administer all of the vaccines it has been allocated by August 12 and will then use China’s Sinopharm vaccine.

As many as 150,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been allocated to industrial zones in the southern province of Binh Duong.

To ensure the vaccination schedule when many shipments of Covid-19 vaccines arrive in Vietnam in the fourth quarter, the Ministry of Defense is ready to use helicopters to transport vaccines.

Vietnam administered over 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine on August 10, the highest one-day increase since the country starts its vaccination campaign on March 8, according to the health ministry's report on August 11.

Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Hoai Nam said the city still has 913,204 doses of the vaccine, including 591,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine allocated by the Ministry of Health on August 9.

HCM City’s Health Department has ordered agencies to reschedule injections for people who were forced to delay their COVID-19 vaccinations.

Essential food manufacturers in HCM City have told Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam that the “three-on-spot” principle (work, eat and rest on the spot) was not working and should be stopped so that production can be restored to meet consumer demand.