Hanoi offers COVID-19 vaccination for foreigners at two select venues
Hanoi is organising a COVID-19 vaccination drive for foreigners residing in the city, according to an announcement from the municipal Department of Foreign Affairs.
A pregnant staff member at the Malaysian embassy receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Hanoi is organising a COVID-19 vaccination drive for foreignersresiding in the city, according to an announcement from the municipalDepartment of Foreign Affairs.
The vaccinationdrive, for both first and second vaccine doses, started at 2pm on September 15at two locations – My Dinh Stadium (Hall B) in Nam Tu Liemdistrict, and Saint Paul Hospital at No.12 Chu Van Anstreet, Ba Dinh district.
The points ofcontact are listed as Nguyen Thu Trang, head of Nam Tu Liem district’s medicalcentre (Phone number: 0983651270), and Nguyen Duc Long, Director of Saint PaulHospital (Phone number: 0983555555).
Saint PaulHospital told Vietnam News the vaccines being offered are Oxford/AstraZeneca,and that the hospital is open for vaccination at all hours as per the city'sorder, but foreign citizens should come during standard office hours (8am-5pm)for best services.
There are Englishspeaking staff at the hospital, it said.
Many embassies offoreign countries, including the UK, the US, and Denmark, have alreadycirculated the notice to their citizens.
Foreign citizensare supposed to bring their IDs or passports, as well as vaccine certificates(for the first dose, if they have received it)./.
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A pregnant staff member at the Malaysian embassy receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
