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Ministry of Health requests completing "vaccine passport" granting system

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent a document to the Ministry of Information and Communications, urging it to complete a "vaccine passport" granting system as soon as possible.
Ministry of Health requests completing "vaccine passport" granting system ảnh 1A passenger checks in at the airport. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent a document to theMinistry of Information and Communications, urging it to  complete a "vaccine passport" granting system as soon as possible.

The MoH said it had received anofficial dispatch from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) ontesting digital signatures on the COVID-19 vaccination management platform.

Ministry of Health requests completing "vaccine passport" granting system ảnh 2Illustrative image (Source: forbes.com)
Therefore, from February 15-18, its Department ofInformation Technology worked with the MIC and Viettel Group to review andevaluate the digital signature, finding out that the function has yet to metthe set requirements, and could not be tested as planned.

The MoH stressed that it had issued the form and process forgranting "vaccine passports". However, after two months, the ministryis still unable to issue "vaccine passports" to serve internationaltravel and trade of people./.
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