Vietnam: child vaccine schedule, from the official source

Document dated 31 Dec 2025.

Document: Thông tư 52/2025/TT-BYT ngày 31/12/2025 (Circular 52/2025/TT-BYT of 31 December 2025), Điều 1: Danh mục bệnh truyền nhiễm, đối tượng phải sử dụng vắc xin bắt buộc và độ tuổi, lịch tiêm chủng trong Chương trình tiêm chủng mở rộng.

Ministry of Health Circular 52/2025/TT-BYT of 31 December 2025 (in force from 15 February 2026): list of diseases, subjects and age/schedule for mandatory vaccines in the Expanded Programme on Immunization; published on the national EPI site.

• At birth: hepatitis B single-component vaccine, once within 24 hours of birth (if missed, as early as possible within 28 days of birth); BCG (tuberculosis) once within 1 month of birth (if missed, once as soon as possible before 12 months of age).
• At 2 months (dose 1): hepatitis B-containing combination vaccine; diphtheria-, pertussis- and tetanus-containing combination vaccines; oral polio vaccine; Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine; rotavirus vaccine (oral); pneumococcal vaccine (excluded from the circular's nationwide scope; where it is offered follows the Government's Resolution 104/NQ-CP roadmap for adding vaccines, 2021-2030).
• After the first doses: second and third doses of hepatitis B-, diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus-containing, oral polio and Hib vaccines at least 1 month apart (1 month counted as at least 28 days); rotavirus dose 2 at least 1 month after dose 1; pneumococcal dose 2 at least 2 months after dose 1. For pneumococcal vaccine, the scope caveat in the 2 months entry above applies.
• At 5 months: injectable polio vaccine dose 1.
• At 9 months: injectable polio vaccine dose 2; single-component measles vaccine.
• At 12 months (1 year): Japanese encephalitis vaccine dose 1; dose 2 is 1-2 weeks after dose 1 and dose 3 is 1 year after dose 1.
• At 18 months: booster of diphtheria-, pertussis- and tetanus-containing vaccine (booster 1); measles-containing combination vaccine (booster); rubella-containing combination vaccine.
• At 7 years: second booster of diphtheria- and tetanus-containing vaccine; the diphtheria-containing vaccine is the reduced-dose one (bạch hầu giảm liều); the circular does not say reduced-dose for the tetanus component.

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