Vietnam urges ASEAN to adopt mutual acceptance of vaccine passports

Leaders participate in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMMR) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, February 17, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Vietnam's foreign minister has proposed that ASEAN member nations accept each other's vaccine passports to facilitate travel resumption and post-Covid recovery.

Minister Bui Thanh Son made the proposal at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMMR) held in Cambodia Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He also requested that ASEAN continues to deploy Covid-19 response initiatives to resume traveling and transportation for post-Covid recovery, while enhancing capabilities and transfer technologies in preparation for future crises similar to Covid-19.

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