PARENTS ARE ALLOWED TO ACCOMPANY THEIR CHILDREN TO QUARANTINE ESTABLISHMENTS
The Official Dispatch No. 7020/BYT-MT regarding quarantine for children for COVID-19 prevention and control is promulgated on August 25, 2021 by the Ministry of Health.
Accordingly, the children’s parents/caregivers are allowed to accompany children to the medical establishments or concentrated quarantine establishments or stay with children at home or accommodations for quarantine. In case the parents/caregivers cannot accompany or stay with their children, local authorities shall arrange persons to take care of the children and/or appoint officers in the medical establishments/concentrated quarantine establishments or child care volunteers to take care of the children.
Vietnamese children under 16 years of age, who are in close contact with confirmed cases, shall be quarantined at home for 14 days from the date of last contact, continue to have their health monitored for the next 14 days.
For fully vaccinated foreign or overseas Vietnamese children or those who have recovered from COVID-19, if they are under 18 years of age and enter Vietnam with their parents/caregivers, they shall undergo a 7-day concentrated quarantine with their parents/caregivers from the date of entry; continue to have their health monitored for the next 7 days. Foreign or overseas Vietnamese children, less than 18 years of age, entering Vietnam but their parents/caregivers are living in Vietnam shall undergo a 14-day home quarantine with their parents/caregivers from the date of entry.
