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In order to ensure the rights of people to be issued certificates of vaccination and vaccine passports when participating in COVID-19 vaccination, the Ministry of Health recently issued a document No. 2228 on vaccine passports to the Health Departments of provinces and cities; Units under the Ministry of Health; Military Industry and Telecommunications Group.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Health requests units to strictly observe the inspection of health workers and staff under their management involved in the electronic signing of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and vaccine passports, not to obstruct, cause difficulties and take profiteering acts in supporting, ensure people's rights to be issued COVID-19 vaccination certificates and vaccine passport confirmation.

Promote communication to the whole population about the right to be issued vaccination certificates and vaccine passports when vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health instructs all relevant organizations/individuals not to cause difficulties for people in issuing COVID-19 vaccination certificates and confirming vaccine passports, if negative manifestations occur, they must take full responsibility before the law.

1. What is an electronic "vaccine passport"?

An electronic "vaccine passport" is an electronic COVID-19 vaccination 

certificate signed by vaccination facilities and the Ministry of Health based on people's COVID-19 vaccination information.

2. How long is the validity of the electronic "Vaccine Passport"?

The QR code of the "Vaccine Passport" is valid for 12 months from the date the Ministry of Health signs the confirmation number. when the code expires, residents will be notified and automatically generate a new QR code to use. This is a technical solution to ensure information safety and security.

3. What technical standard does Vietnam's electronic "vaccine passport" use and how many countries use it?

Vietnam's electronic "vaccine passport" uses standards issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU), which are currently used in 62 countries and will be used by more countries in the near future.

4. In which countries can Vietnam's electronic "vaccine passport" be used?

As of April 7, 2022, Vietnam has reached agreements on mutual recognition of vaccine passports with 19 countries, including Japan, the US, the UK, Australia, India, Belarus, Cambodia, the Philippines, Palestine, Maldives, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Turkey, Singapore, Saint Lucia, South Korea, Iran and Malaysia.

5. What do people have to do to get a "Vaccine Passport"?

People who have been vaccinated and have their data updated by the vaccination establishment on the system, properly authenticated with the National Database on Population will be digitally signed to confirm the "Vaccine Passport" without any additional procedures.

6. Where can people view the "Vaccine Passport"?

The "vaccine passport" will be displayed on the electronic Health Book application, PC-Covid or on the lookup page The Ministry of Health is implementing construction and will announce in the near future.

In addition, the Ministry of Health has requested the Ministry of Public Security to add the function of displaying "Vaccine passport" on the VNEID application. Currently, the focal units of the two ministries are working to complete soon.

7. What should people do if COVID-19 vaccination information is wrong or missing?

Residents need to check COVID-19 vaccination information on the Immunization Portal or on the e-Health Book application.

If there is an error/lack of information, please contact (directly or reflect on the COVID-19 vaccination portal https://tiemchungcovid19.gov.vn) with the vaccination facility to be supplemented and updated.

8. What is the process of issuing a "Vaccine Passport"?

According to Decision No. 5772/QD-BYT dated 20/12/2021 of the Ministry of Health, the process of issuing a Vaccine Passport includes 3 steps:

- Step 1: Vaccination establishments review, verify and verify information of people vaccinated against COVID-19 according to the guidance in Official Letter No. 8938/BYT-DP dated October 21, 10, 2021 of the Ministry of Health on guiding the process of verifying information and vaccination against COVID-19 vaccine and Official Letter No. 9438/BYT-IT dated November 5, 2021 of the Ministry of Health on guiding the information authentication process people on the COVID-19 Vaccination Management Platform.

- Step 2: Vaccination facilities digitally sign COVID-19 vaccination data on the COVID-19 Vaccination Management Platform. The COVID-19 Vaccination Management Platform connects and shares vaccination data with the COVID-19 Vaccination Certification Management System in accordance with the regulations on medical data connection issued by the Ministry of Health.

COVID-19 vaccination data on the COVID-19 Vaccination Management Platform must meet the requirements of Sections 3 and 4.

- Step 3: Department of Preventive Medicine - Ministry of Health shall digitally sign the certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 centrally. The certificate is issued using the QR code format according to EU standards specified in Section 5.

National epidemic prevention and control applications and other utility applications (if agreed by individual users) receive and store confirmation of vaccination against COVID-19 in the form of QR codes according to the guidelines on medical data exchange issued by the Ministry of Health./.

Source: moh.gov.vn