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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will continue to seek
vaccine sources to diversify the supplies, spokeswoman of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs has said.
Speaking at the ministry’s regular press conference, held
online on June 10, Hang said Vietnam will also step up the research and transfer
of , towards maximising vaccination coverage.
She cited the Government’s target of administering COVID-19
vaccines to about 75 percent of the national population, soon reaching herd immunity
and bringing people’s lives to normal.
Vietnamese competent agencies will publicise
agreements on vaccine purchase, import and donation, as well as vaccine production
technology transfer, the spokeswoman affirmed.
Over the past time, the Ministries of Health and
Foreign Affairs, and Vietnamese representative offices abroad have made every
effort in negotiating and mobilising foreign governments, international
organisations, and vaccine producers and suppliers so that Vietnam would acquire
more COVID-19 vaccines, Hang said.
Vietnam has so far received around 2.6 million doses
of vaccines through the COVAX Facility, along with commitments to
donating and supplying vaccines from a number of countries, international
organisations and producers, she added.
Regarding US President Joe Biden’s plan to buy 500
million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to donate to other countries, Hang said
Vietnam welcomes the US’s vaccine sharing strategy to allocate the first 25
million doses to the world, including Vietnam and other Southeast Asian
nations.
Given the complex developments of the pandemic,
Vietnam wishes that countries and international organisations will promote the spirit
of solidarity and the sense of responsibility, and enhance the sharing of technological,
financial and medical information, especially vaccine, to drive back the
pandemic, Hang stressed.
She also informed the press about the health ministry’s
issuance of a decision on June 3 on the conditional approval of COVID-19 vaccines
for emergency use, including Vero Cell Inactivated vaccines produced by Beijing
Institute of Biological Products of China./.
Source: VietnamPlus
