HCM City to vaccinate foreigners against COVID-19

HCM City to vaccinate foreigners against COVID-19 hinh anh 1A foreigner gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in HCM City (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh
City People’s Committee has agreed to conduct vaccination against
COVID-19 for foreigners living, studying and working in the city, within its
capacity and resources, according to a document the People’s Committee
Office sent to the municipal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Health on August 17.

Accordingly, Duc agreed with the proposal of the Department of Foreign Affairs to vaccinate foreigners in the city
and assigned the Department of Health to allocate vaccine doses and organise
the vaccination as soon as possible.

According to statistics from foreign embassies and consulates general, there are currently more than 200,000 foreigners living and
working in the city. Recently, many foreign representative offices have sent diplomatic
notes or through official meetings expressed their wish to receive the city’s
support to inoculate their citizens in the earliest time.

The municipal Department of Foreign Affairs assessed that
the implementation of vaccination for foreigners in HCM City is of great
significance, showing the attention of the city in particular and Vietnam in
general to the foreign expat community in the city, thus making them feel secured and increase
their contributions to the city’s development.

Over the past time, many diplomatic officials and staff and foreign
citizens living and working in HCM City have been vaccinated against
COVID-19 during community vaccination stages.

In another move, Deputy Director of the Department of
Tourism of central Da Nang city Nguyen Xuan Binh said that the department has sent a
dispatch requesting directors and owners of tourist accommodation
establishments and service facilities that meet standards to serve
tourists, and directors of travel agencies and tourist attractions to review
and make lists of employees to register for vaccination against ./.

VNA

Source: VietnamPlus

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