Vietnam approves purchase of COVID-19 vaccine from Hungary

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Hanoi (VNA) – The has recently issued Resolution No. 122/NQ-CP on the purchase of 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca
vaccine from the Hungarian Government.

In the Resolution, the Government agreed that the amount of
vaccines purchased, imported, received, and sponsored in 2021 will exceed those
prescribed in its Resolution 21/NQ-CP dated February 26, 2020. The total amount of vaccine doses prescribed in Resolution 21 is around 150 million.

The Government also requested the Ministry of Health speed
up an effective procurement of the vaccine from to ensure its quality./.