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Thu Duc City will begin Covid-19 vaccination drive for children next Monday. (Photo: SGGP) Students will be vaccinated at schools or vaccination sites that were chosen prior. Children who do not go to school will get a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at fixed or mobile vaccination sites in districts and Thu Duc City. Children underlying health conditions and child patients will be vaccinated at children hospitals or the pediatric department of hospitals. At first, the municipal authorities will offer the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to teenagers aged 16-17 and then mandate vaccine for different age groups of 14-15 and 12-13. Covid-19 vaccine licensed for use has been approved by the Ministry of Health. Each person will be offered two doses of the same vaccine. The HCMC People’s Committee has delegated the municipal Department of Training and Education to make the list of 6th-12th grade students; and the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to list children aged …

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Moderna Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine generated a strong immune response in children aged six to 11 years and that it plans to submit the data to global regulators soon. Moderna said its two-dose vaccine generated virus-neutralizing antibodies in children and safety was comparable to what was previously seen in clinical trials of adolescents and adults. It cited interim data that has yet to be peer reviewed. It was unclear when U.S. regulators will weigh in on the shot. The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for adults over the age of 18 years and is waiting for a response to its June application for children aged 12 through 17. It is behind rivals Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE , whose vaccine has been authorized for ages 12 and up since May. A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet on Tuesday to decide whether to recommend Pfizer's vaccine in children aged five to 11 years. Moderna said that in its trial of 4,753 participants, …

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Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy director of the health department, said the department has cooperated with the HCMC Pasteur Institute on Tuesday to train medical workers from hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities in the city regarding vaccination for children. Around 3,900 workers have signed up for training. Hung said around 780,000 children aged 12-17 in the city would be vaccinated. They would receive their first shots within five days, and children aged 16-17 would be prioritized for vaccination, before passing to other ages. Previously on Monday, the HCMC health department requested the HCMC Pasteur Institute to approve the usage of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12-17. The institute is expected to give an answer on Tuesday. Earlier this month, the Health Ministry approved Covid-19 vaccination for children aged 12-17, prioritizing those aged 16-17. It has yet to specify exactly what types of vaccine would be used, but they have to come in two doses and …

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The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has proposed the use of the Pfizer vaccine to inoculate children aged 12 – 17 against Covid-19. More than 92% of parents in HCM City have agreed with Covid-19 vaccinations for their children. In an urgent document sent to the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute, the department asked for their guidance and training on use of the Pfizer vaccine on children in that group age. The city will pilot vaccinations for students aged between 16-17 in Cu Chi District and District 1 first. At present, HCM City has over 712,000 children aged 12 to 17. A recent survey conducted by the municipal Department of Education and Training showed that over 92% of parents have agreed with Covid-19 vaccinations for their children. HCM City is the largest Covid-19 epicentre in Vietnam. The city has so far recorded over 426,000 infection cases, making up half of the country’s total tally. The Ministry of Health earlier agreed to …

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A poor couple in the central province of Quang Binh are seeking support to save their two sons with haemophilia. The couple Nguyen Anh, 51, and Nguyen Thi Luyen, 49, in Quang Loc Commune in Ba Don Town have three sons and three daughters. Their eldest son Nguyen Hai Dong died of haemophilia six years ago, meanwhile, the two other Nguyen Xuan Hai, 14, and Nguyen Minh Ha, 13, are both struggling with the disease. Luyen and her sons Previously, their son had to go to hospital for dialysis once every month, but the current frequency is every 15 days. Ha and Ha weigh only around 20 kilogrammes each. "We like to play football very much but we are not strong enough to do this. We hope that we can fully recover so that we can play with my friends,” Hai said. Since Dong’s death, Luyen has been always worried about her two remaining sons’ condition. Their disease needs long treatment, but the family faces financial difficulties. Meanwhile, the family’s income mainly …

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Students at a primary school taking part in the financial education programme for children, Cha-Ching. — Photo courtesy of Prudential Prudential Vietnam Assurance and Junior Achievement Vietnam have joined hands for a third year for the financial education programme for children, Cha-Ching. In 2021-22 it will be expanded to a further 84 primary schools in Ha Noi and Hung Yen to help improve the financial management skills of more than 22,000 students. It focuses on the basic money management concepts of earn, save, spend, and donate. Contests based on the programme’s contents will also be organised, creating opportunities for students to practise skills they acquired through it. In the last two academic years the programme helped nearly 26,000 students at 103 primary schools improve the skills through training by 700 certified teachers . Over the past year, despite COVID-19, Cha-Ching activities have been maintained online. Classes for students and teacher training …

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According to the assessment, the city is ranked at the second level of epidemic risk (or medium risk); therefore, administrative solutions and other social activities will continue to be easing regulations for the new normal when the city reaches the first level (or low risk). The city can achieve such good results thanks to various drastic and synchronous solutions under the direction of the Government, the National Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control, the Ministry of Health, and the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Moreover, governments in all districts, departments, socio-political organizations, voluntary organizations, and people from all walks of life are united and determined to fight the epidemic. Currently, the number of new cases in the city has decreased but is still high thankfully, the vaccination rate of people over 18 years old in the city has reached 99.12 percent, and especially the rate of full dose …

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MUSIC & PERFORMANCES HCMC- New play for children to be staged at dance school May 9, 3pm HCM City Dance School, 155 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, D3 The play is based on the short story collection for children The World’s Worst Children, by English bestselling author David Walliams. The collection revolves around five beastly boys and five gruesome girls. The performance will feature young actors from the Dragonfly Youth Theatre. Tickets: VND150,000 and can be bought at https://forms.gle/RMVEpMT7wmi1X2Fa7. French musical ‘Les Misérables’ tours Mid-April - June. April 16-18, Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi EXHIBITION Hanoi-I’m Feeling Lucky Hanoi-The Subtle Moves Ninh Thuan Province-Exhibition of Ninh Thuan - Quang Nam Cham culture Until May 15, Displaying nearly 80 artifacts, including photos, statues, pottery, over 1,500 tools, traditional handicrafts, costumes, jewellery, …

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EXHIBITION Hanoi- Exhibition on typical Vietnamese women throughout history Until May 30,2022 Hoa Lo Prison Relic An exhibition displaying the images of typical Vietnamese women throughout history. Gute Aussichten – New German Photography 2021 Oct 22 – Nov 22, 08 am – 08 pm Photo contest about Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Entries are being invited for a photography contest on Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park. Both Vietnamese and foreign photographers aged 18 and above are eligible to take part in the competition. Entries must be high-resolution photos depicting natural landscapes, forests, caves, native flora and fauna species and people’s daily life taken by professional cameras or smartphones inside the Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park. They must be submitted to the contest’s official website https://anh.phongnhakebang.vn or via the email [email protected] before November 15. Online …

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Major Bùi Thanh Thuyết with her sons before departing to support health workers in COVID-19 hotspots. — VNA/VNS Photo Major Bùi Thanh Thuyết, a 37-year-old doctor at the 108 Military Hospital, prepares for her latest departure to support frontline teams in the fight against COVID-19. Since the COVID-19 pandemic first appeared in Việt Nam in February 2020, Major Thuyết has headed a team responsible for taking samples and sending them for testing. The work was hard and there was a high risk of infection, but she and her colleagues were steadfast, collecting and analysing samples as quickly as possible. She was recently sent to support frontline teams at the epicentre of COVID-19 in Bắc Giang Province. "We have to stand very close to people to take samples from their throat and nose. Our actions taking samples often make people cough and choke, which causes a high potential risk of spreading the virus," Thuyết told Tin Tức (News) newspaper. "We always …

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