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Training to be given on COVID-19 vaccinations for children as nationwide campaign starts in November
HÀ NỘI — 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.
According to NIHE vice director, Prof., Dr. Dương Thị Hồng, the institute would provide guidance for medical staff and teachers in the vaccination campaign for students.
This campaign would start first in the localities which were badly hit by the pandemic, and continue in provinces and cities with dense populations and a high risk of the virus spreading, Hồng said.
“First, we will instruct teachers on vaccination for students aged 16 and 17,” she said.
“If the supply of vaccines is sufficient, we will continue to expand vaccinations to children in younger age groups,” she added.
The vaccinations for students will mainly take place in schools, clinics and healthcare centres.
Overweight children and those with underlying medical conditions will have their vaccines at hospitals to ensure safety.
The institute will ask vaccination facilities to pay more attention to monitoring the health of children after vaccination to promptly handle possible reactions.
From November, Việt Nam will kickstart a nationwide campaign to vaccinate children against COVID-19 across the country, starting with older children.
Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long said that the COVID-19 vaccination campaign would be done first for children aged 16 and 17, then gradually given to younger children.
The Ministry of Health has annouced that Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be used for children, after being recommended by the World Health Organization and used for children in many countries, but current limited supplies means that only Pfizer shots are being offered.
According to Prof. Dr. Trần Minh Điển, director of the Việt Nam National Children’s Hospital, the United Nations and a number of European countries had started giving COVID-19 vaccinations to children aged over 12, including those with underlying medical conditions.
In the US, vaccine coverage for children aged over 12 had reached over 50 per cent, Điển said.
“We have seen the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity in vaccinated people aged over 18,” Điển said.
“In the world today, many countries continue to vaccinate children aged 12-17. For children aged 5-12, some countries also had injection data,” the doctor said.
The doctor also said that according to current data, the number of children infected with COVID-19 was not low, but the rate of serious illness and death was lower than that of the group of adults over 50 years old.
“We need to vaccinate children against COVID-19 to reduce severe symptoms of the disease, especially in the group of children with underlying diseases such as cancer, kidney and liver disease. The vaccine will help to reduce the mortality rate for these children,” he said.
Regarding parents’ concerns, Khổng Minh Tuấn, vice director of Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC), said that vaccinations for children were not a concern because many countries in the world had completed jabs for children aged 12-17, and some countries had injected children aged 5-11.
Tuấn said that it was understandable that some parents were worried about their children’s reactions after vaccination.
“Children from 12 years old have developed antibodies similar to adults, so the reaction after injection is almost no different from that of adults,” Tuấn said.
The most important thing was the issue of health screening before vaccination to get the correct indication and ensure safety for children, he said.
According to the CDC vice director, the preparation and implementation of vaccinations for this group would be especially difficult. Vaccination sites would be more crowded because the children’s parents or guardians must accompany them.
Sometimes a child’s post-injection reaction was psychological rather than vaccine-related, he said.
At present, Hà Nội’s health sector has listed about 680,000-840,000 children who are eligible for vaccination.
Dr. Ngô Khánh Hoàng, Hà Nội CDC’s vice head of Infectious Disease Department, said: “All vaccines have a certain reaction rate, but the rate is low, so parents could be assured and should not delay vaccination for their children,” he added.
HCM City was the first locality selected in Việt Nam to pilot administration of COVID-19 vaccines to students.
On October 27 and 28, 39,756 children in 21 districts and Thủ Đức City were vaccinated. –
Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1068675/training-to-be-given-on-covid-19-vaccinations-for-children-as-nationwide-campaign-starts-in-november.html
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Police detain 2 drivers for 3 months to probe apparently intentional crash in southern Vietnam
Two Vietnamese drivers who were accused of purposely crashing their cars into each other last week in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam will be kept in custody for three more months pending an investigation, a local police official confirmed on Wednesday morning.
The drivers were identified as Nguyen Dinh Ky, a 41-year-old from Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam, and Phan Hoang Bich Tien, 31, a native of Dong Nai Province, a neighbor of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
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| Nguyen Dinh Ky, a 41-year-old from Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam, who drove a Lexus in an allegedly intentional car collision, is seen at the police station. Photo: Xuan Truong / Tien Phong |
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| Phan Hoang Bich Tien, a 31-year-old native of Dong Nai Province, the driver of a VinFast car in the car crash, is seen at the police station. Photo: Xuan Truong / Tien Phong |
Police accused these drivers of intentionally crashing their cars into each other due to their conflict.
They were detained pending an investigation into their ‘knowingly destroying each other’s property.’
The supposedly deliberate collision involving a VinFast and a Lexus took place at Nguyen Huu Tho – Nguyen Van Linh Intersection in the province’s Ba Ria City on November 20 evening, according to police.
The VinFast driven by Tien rear-ended the Lexus steered by Ky. After that, Ky turned his Lexus around and crashed head-on into the VinFast twice.
Consequently, the front of the cars were badly damaged.
The city’s police arrived at the scene of the deliberate crash in the same evening and issued an urgent arrest warrant for the two drivers on November 21.
In the following days, police officers extended the detention of the drivers and waited for a car damage assessment report before deciding to keep them in custody for three more months to probe their acts.
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Chuon Lagoon at sunrise. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)
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The lagoon is filled with fish traps made from bamboo and netting. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)
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A dock in the lagoon at dusk. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)
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Birds gather on fish traps in the lagoon. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)
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Fishing boats return to dock after a night of fishing. (Photo: Vietnam Pictorial/VNA)
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Japanese Professor Fukunari Kimura, chief economist for the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), has affirmed that Vietnam is among the most potential nations to shift from a middle-income to high-income economy amid the globalization era.
A report on policy consultancy covering recommendations to help Vietnam become a high-income nation by 2045 was tabled by the ERIA representative during a meeting with Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Tokyo on Monday.
Vietnam aims to be a developed nation with a high per capita income by 2045, when the country celebrates 100 years of the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Over 20 years is left for the nation to speed up efforts to reach the target.
State President Thuong’s ongoing Japan visit through Thursday is part of Vietnam’s bid to fulfill the goal.
In a joint statement issued on Monday on the elevation of the Japan-Vietnam relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and the world, the Japanese side underlined that Japan will keep backing Vietnam’s efforts in 2045.
Japan will provide the Southeast Asian nation with advisory services on policies and resources, as well as the report with over 630 pages called ‘Vietnam 2045.’
Prof. Kimura told Tien Phong (Youth) newspaper that the report was prepared by several prestigious experts in Japan and Vietnam. They have researched Vietnam’s economic development for ages.
He is co-author of the report’s Chapter 8: ‘New Waves of Digitalization, the Industry 4.0 Era, and Creativity.’
“Vietnam has successfully utilized the driving forces of globalization by accelerating its international economic integration and dealing with challenges to spur industrial development,” said Kimura.
The report includes Vietnam’s achievements, economic status, and future orientations in all fields to offer appropriate recommendations.
Besides, it also encompasses obstacles facing the country during its energy transition and sustainability journey to move toward a comprehensive developed economy.
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| Professor Fukunari Kimura, chief economist for the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Photo: Foreign Press Center Japan |
Prof. Kimura said that in the past, some countries succeeded in leaping to the high-income level from an upper middle income such as Japan and South Korea.
“However, they had made these great strides before the globalization era in the 1990s,” he said.
Now, to make such a great leap is tough, he added.
The biggest challenge encountering developing nations like Vietnam is not the middle per capita income level, he underscored.
It is the fact that no countries have jumped from an upper middle-income economy to a high-income economy to become a developed nation.
“However, Vietnam is one of the potential nations to do it,” he affirmed.
“We believe that Vietnam can make great strides and prove that it is a typical model of rapid development. Japan is always a friend and partner of Vietnam.”
As part of the top Vietnamese official’s visit to Japan, State President Thuong and his spouse had a meeting with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday (local time).
Speaking at the reception for President Thuong, Emperor Naruhito said that their traditional friendship and cultural similarities have strengthened the Vietnam – Japan ties as well as boosted bilateral cooperation in various fields.
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| Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong, his spouse, and other top Vietnamese and Japanese officials savor ‘banh mi,’ a Vietnamese baguette filled with pate, cold cuts, herbs, cucumber, chili sauce, and pickles. Photo: Nguyen Hong / Tien Phong |
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