PM: Vietnam must be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines no later than June 2022

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Vaccine and Biological Production Company No. 1  (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested accelerating the transfer of vaccine production technology and the testing and production of home-grown vaccine for COVID-19, so that Vietnam will be able to produce vaccines no
later than June 2022.

He made the order during
working sessions with several producers of vaccines, biological products and
medical supplies in Hanoi on June 24.

At the Vaccine and Biological Production Company No. 1 under the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the PM also reiterated the
need to carry out the vaccination campaign in the quickest, most
effective and safest manner.

The
Government requires quicker progress in the implementation of vaccine strategy,
he stressed.

visits the Medicon company. (Photo: VNA)

During a working session with
Medicon company which specialises in producing test kits for medical needs, the
PM asked the company to keep up its creative spirit in research and production of medical
products, including medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control./.