A nationwide campaign to immunize children and teens against COVID-19 has started since late October with the Pfizer vaccine.

Localities rolling out vaccination campaign for the 12-17 age group include Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Binh Duong, Kien Giang, Ninh Binh, Quang Ninh, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Tay Ninh and Vinh Long.

In Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s coronavirus epicenter, as of November 4, as many as 629,604 children received first shot of COVID-19 vaccine, including 246,478 aged from 16-17 and 383,126 aged from 12-15.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health has approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children.

The Southeast Asian nation targets that more than 70 percent of its population aged 18 years and older will receive one shot of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2021.

The nation has administered 86,319,808 COVID-19 doses so far, with 26,964,109 people having taken two jabs.

Viet Nam signed contracts to purchase a total of 51 million vaccine doses from Pfizer, of which 20 million doses are for minors aged between 12 and 17.