The data on electronic health declaration and entries and exits at public points taken via QR Code scanning have been put under control by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
Smartphones sans contact tracing apps can invite punishment, ministry warns
By Luu Quy, Phan Anh June 1, 2021 | 07:09 am GMT+7
The interface of the Bluezone contact tracing app on a smartphone. Photo by VnExpress/Luu Quy.
The Ministry of Health has warned that people using smartphones without contact tracing apps in crowded places will be punished.
The warning issued in a document Thursday did not specify the punishment to be levied.
The apps in question are the Vietnam Health Declaration app along with tokhaiyte.vn, the Bluezone app and the NCOVI app. Among other functions, these help users make medical declarations, record close contacts between app users and record instances of them having been to public locations.
21/05/2021 06:00 GMT+7 Vietnamnet
Along with the 5K message, Vietnam is strictly implementing three counterattacks: large-scale testing; implementation of a vaccine strategy; and application of technology for Covid-19 tracing.
On May 5, 2021, the new Government, headed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, had a regular but special meeting after one month of operation.
Cabinet members spent most of the time discussing a huge challenge that Vietnam was facing: the new Covid-19 outbreak. At that time the pandemic was wreaking havoc in the neighboring countries. Thanks to effective solutions that were proven in the previous three waves of Covid, Vietnam was like an ‘oasis’ among surrounding countries that were being fiercely attacked by the epidemic.