South Korea has decided to provide more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam next month.
During a summit meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President Moon Jae-in, who is visiting New York to attend the UN General Assembly, announced this plan, saying, "The two countries overcame the crisis together by sharing quarantine supplies from the early days of the outbreak." reported from
So far, Korea has only provided financial support, such as promising to donate $200 million this year and next year to COVAX, which supplies vaccines to developing countries, and this is the first time that it has decided to directly supply vaccines to a specific country.
This support seems to have been decided in accordance with the principle of contributing to a fair supply of vaccines worldwide while opening up domestic vaccine supply and demand.
President Moon also expressed interest in the Vietnamese authorities' support and cooperation in establishing a Korea-Vietnam health and vaccine partnership, establishing a disease prevention and management system to strengthen Vietnam's disease response capabilities, and a phase 3 clinical trial for a vaccine that a Korean company is preparing in Vietnam. mentioned about.
President Phuc expressed his appreciation for Korea's investment in Vietnam in the fields of biotechnology, medicine, advanced technology, defense and security, saying, "I look forward to a comprehensive partnership between Korea and Vietnam and cooperation based on mutual trust."
The two leaders agreed to upgrade bilateral relations next year to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
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