I'm going to vietnam, what shots will I need?

Question

I will be in rural and urban Vietnam for 5 days

Answer 1

You should check with your primary care provider.  If you keep up with your regular shots you should be good to go.

We also keep up on our Typhoid (pills every few years) and we use malaria pills each time we visit.

cheers C

Answer 2

Whisky shots..and lots of them

Answer 3

You need Hep A and B for sure.  Cause that's all I took and I was there for 2 weeks.

Maybe some shot for Malaria...don't know what it calls though.

Answer 4

you better sanitize your self and get every drug the drugstore will give you..  you better be more concerned of what c**p youll be eating.  especially in the rural areas..  you like duck with his head still on, or feathers between your teeth. yuk!

Answer 5

Malaria is present in all rural areas and don't forget that you have to start taking the tablets a couple of weeks before you leave. Deet is the best insect repellant.

Confirm primary courses and boosters are up to date as recommended for life in Britain - including vaccines given to special groups because of risk exposure or complications (e.g. hepatitis B for health care workers, influenza and pneumococcal vaccines for the elderly).

Courses or boosters usually advised: diphtheria; tetanus; hepatitis A; typhoid.

Vaccines sometimes advised: tuberculosis; rabies; hepatitis B; Japanese B encephalitis.

A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from travellers over 1 year of age coming from areas with risk of yellow fever transmission.

Answer 6

i'd say go to your local clinic and ask. I remember getting about two differnt shots for it.