Illustrative photo (Source: AFP/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The German Government has decided to
offer Vietnam 2.5 million doses of the vaccine, as
informed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 4.
Germany, earlier, announced its gifts of 75 ventilators, 15
medical monitors, and 20,000 oxygen meters for Vietnam, its strategic partner
since October 2011.
Amid complicated developments of the pandemic, the
Vietnamese Government prioritises approaching multiple sources of vaccines for
the fast and effective vaccination to place COVID-19 under
control.
To date, Germany has been the biggest vaccine donor among EU member nations for Vietnam. This was the result of Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s letter sent to and talks with his German counterpart
Angela Merkel as well as the endeavor of the Government’s working group on
vaccine diplomacy, ministries and Vietnamese representative agencies in .
Germany is also among biggest donors of the COVAX Facility with
its commitment of up to 2.2 billion EUR. By the end of 2021, the nation
is expected to grant 30 million doses of s for developing
countries./.
Source: VietnamPlus
