Vietnam expects to fully vaccinate all adults against Covid-19 by year's end, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

HANOI (BLOOMBERG) – Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed local officials to accelerate Covid-19 shots in order to fully vaccinate all adults aged 18 years and older this year, surpassing the nation’s inoculation target, the Cabinet’s news portal reported. The nation will have enough vaccine doses this month to administer two shots to its entire adult population against the virus by the end of the year, according to the report, which also cited Deputy Premier Vu Duc Dam. Vietnam had targeted fully vaccinating at least half of people aged 18 and older by the end of December and 70…