VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is speeding up procedures aimed at completing its contract with Pfizer to purchase 21.9 million vaccine doses for children aged five to 11 in March.

Up to 81 % of parents agree to let children aged from 5-11 be vaccinated against COVID-19. This is result of a recent poll carried out by the Social Opinion Institute under the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education.

Around 60.6% of parents with children aged 5-11 years said they agree to let their children get COVID-19 vaccine shots, according to a survey by the health ministry.

VOV.VN - The Government has agreed to purchase 21.9 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 for children aged 5-11, according to a Government resolution released recently.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has proposed that the Government permit the purchase of 21.9 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses in order to inoculate local children aged 5 to 11.

A selection of 57 paintings by children are on display at the New Spring – New Artworks exhibition in celebration of the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays in the central city of Da Nang.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Health (MoH) to immediately carry out necessary procedures to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11.

A postage stamp contest featuring Vietnam’s seas and islands for children aged 8-15 was launched on December 30.

A strengthened protection system and zero tolerance to violence are required to better protect children, said Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative to Vietnam in a statement released on December 29.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and businesses to expand the Integrated Early Childhood Development Holistic Parenting Project to promote nurturing care for Vietnamese children.