Consider providing vaccine to Vietnam Government aiming for transportation in June

Regarding the overseas provision of the new coronavirus vaccine, the government is considering providing the vaccine to Vietnam, which has been delayed inoculation, following the provision of about 1.2 million doses to Taiwan free of charge on the 4th. I entered.

Regarding the new coronavirus vaccine, the government plans to supply more than the amount required for domestic inoculation overseas, and on the 4th, provided Taiwan with 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine free of charge.

Following this, the government began to consider providing vaccines to Vietnam, which has been delayed inoculation, at the request of the Vietnamese side.

In Vietnam, the number of infected people has been increasing since the end of April, but according to researchers at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, the percentage of people who received the vaccine at least once was more than 1% as of the 3rd. So, it remains at the lowest level among the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

The government wants to provide the vaccine directly to the Vietnamese side without going through the international framework so that it can be delivered as soon as possible, and is urgently considering shipping it by the end of this month at the earliest.

Vietnam Government Approves Emergency Use of Chinese Vaccine

As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, the Vietnamese government announced on the 4th that it has approved the emergency use of the vaccine of China's state-owned pharmaceutical company China National Pharmaceutical Group.

So far, the Vietnamese government has approved the emergency use of vaccines developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and others, and "Sputnik V" developed by Russia, but this is the first time that a vaccine made in China has been approved.

In Vietnam, the number of infected people has been relatively low so far, but since the end of April, the infection has spread, with more than 400 new infections being confirmed daily on many days.

Recently, the Vietnamese government has repeatedly announced through the media that it will procure 150 million vaccines, which is 70% of the population, by the end of the year, and is strengthening its efforts to the governments and pharmaceutical companies in each country.

Vietnam was the only ASEAN-Association of Southeast Asian Nations to not procure vaccines from China and showed a cautious stance. It appears that it has approved the emergency use of a Chinese vaccine.