Vietnam temporarily recognizes vaccine passports from 72 countries, territories

At the foreign ministry's virtual press briefing on October 21, spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said, "In the spirit of the Government's Resolution 128 on flexible and safety adaptation and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam is temporarily recognizing vaccination certificates, also known as vaccine passports from 72 countries and territories, which have been officially introduced to the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs by these countries and territories' representatives.

Those who have vaccination certificates can use them directly in Vietnam, and their concentrated isolation period will be shortened to 7 days according to the Ministry of Health's guidance on the shortened isolation period for fully vaccinated people or those who have infected with COVID-19 but have recovered from the disease.

Under the direction of the Prime Minister on creating more favorable conditions for laborers, experts, investors and a number of other specific subjects to serve development goals, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has consulted with ministries and localities on difficulties, and proposed competent authorities speed up the adjustment of the approval process for foreigners' entry by supplementing vaccine passports or vaccination certificates to visa application dossiers as a way of shortening time for dealing with dossiers.

"Vietnam's vaccination certificate has also been recognized by some countries and can be used to enter these nations," Hang added.