Japan donates additional 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on July 13
announced an additional grant of 1 million doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca
vaccine to Vietnam, raising the total Japan has donated to the country to 3
million doses.

The fourth batch of the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive at Tan Son Nhat International
Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16.

Previously,
on June 16, Japan delivered nearly 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to
Vietnam. On July 2, nearly 400,000 doses arrived in the country. On July 9, the
third batch of AstraZeneca vaccine that gave Vietnam as non-refundable
aid landed at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Vietnam has so far received five types of , including AstraZeneca
vaccine from the COVAX Facility and through purchase from various sources,
along with 3 million doses of vaccine donated by the Japanese government; 2,000
doses of Sputnik V given by the Russian Government; 500,000 doses of
Sinopharm’s Vero-Cell donated by the Chinese government; more than 2 million doses of COVID-19 Moderna vaccine supplied by the US Government through the ; and the first batch of
close to 100,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine arriving in Vietnam on July 7.

Currently, the use of COVID-19 vaccine for high-risk groups and the community
is considered as an active prevention measure.

Vietnam has been carrying out a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign from
July 2021 to April 2022 at all eligible vaccination facilities, including
mobile and fixed vaccination sites.

The Ministry of Health has set a target that at least 50 percent of people aged
18 years and older will be inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines this year and over
70 percent of the population vaccinated by the end of the first quarter of next
year./.