VIETNAM OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES VACCINE PASSPORTS WITH 16 COUNTRIES
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues the Official Dispatch No. 967/BNG-LS on announcing the recognition of vaccine passports with other countries on March 17, 2022.
Accordingly, to officially recognize on the principle of reciprocity of the COVID-19 vaccination certificate/certificate of recovery from COVID-19 (hereinafter referred to as the vaccine passport) with 16 countries, including the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of India, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Maldives, the State of Palestine, the Republic of Turkey, Arab Republic of Egypt, the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, New Zealand, the Republic of Singapore, the Republic of Saint Lucia and Korea.
Holders of vaccine passports of these countries and Vietnam shall be entitled to the same medical measures as those applicable to local vaccinated people. This recognition means the exemption from consular certification/legalization procedures when using this document in the arriving country.
Vaccine passports of countries and territories, of which the official templates have been introduced to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, shall continue to comply with temporary measures as notified by the Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the direction of allowing vaccinated people to directly bring such papers to Vietnam, and Vietnamese functional agencies shall check and compare with the officially introduced templates, etc.
