Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Italian Government
on August 25 decided to present Vietnam with 801,600 doses of via the COVAX
Facility to aid the nation’s fight against the pandemic.
The batch of vaccine, expected to be delivered to Vietnam in
early September, is the result of the efforts of senior leaders, including Prime Minister
Pham Minh Chinh who sent a letter to his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi, asking for vaccine support, as well as the endeavours of the Government’s working group on vaccine diplomacy in the past
time.
Amid complicated developments of COVID-19 with the appearance of new variants, the
Vietnamese Government has identified accessing many vaccine supplies for the
quickest implementation of the large-scale vaccination rollout is the solution and top priority to
push back the epidemic.
Currently, Italy is the European Union’s second biggest donor of
the COVAX Facility with a commitment to provide 15 million doses of vaccine and 359 million USD.
As a development partner of ASEAN, Italy recently
pledged to donate an additional 2 million USD to the bloc’s special fund to cope with ./.
Source: VietnamPlus
