More than 80 percent of the population is fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and 60 percent is boosted in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam jumped 48 places to 14th in Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index for May, according to an article released by Nikkei Asia on June 3.

The biggest improvement came in Vietnam's score for stringency after the country allowed students to return to school and businesses to reopen.

Viet Nam is also the first country in Southeast Asia to exempt foreign travelers from all testing, vaccination and quarantine requirements.

With more than 80 percent of the population fully vaccinated and 60 percent boosted, Vietnam received a score of 27 out of a possible 30 for inoculations.

Among the vaccines deployed there as of May 8, 46 percent were mRNA shots produced by Pfizer and Moderna, 28 percent were AstraZeneca's viral vector vaccines and 23 percent were conventional jabs from Chinese manufacturer Sinopharm, according to the World Health Organization.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has said that it has enough vaccines to offer third and fourth shots to eligible people aged 18 years and older, highlighted Nikkei Asia.

The index assesses countries and regions on their infection management, vaccine rollouts and social mobility.

The higher the ranking, the closer a place is to recovery, characterized by lower infection and death rates, better inoculation coverage, as well as fewer movement restrictions.