Russia considers transferring vaccine technology to Viet Nam

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Matvienko made the above statement during a phone conversation with top Vietnamese legislator Vuong Dinh Hue on Tuesday.

Vuong expressed thanks for Russia’s donation of 1,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses to Viet Nam earlier this year as well as its commitment to give priority to the Southeast Asian country to acquire 20,000 million Sputnik V vaccine doses.

The Government of Viet Nam set goal to have 150 million vaccine doses for its ongoing free vaccination program that has been deployed since March 8, 2020.

In a latest move, the Government launched a national COVID-19 vaccine fund to mobilize support and donations from domestic and foreign individuals and organizations to secure funding importation of foreign vaccines and research, development and production of domestic vaccines./.

By Quang Minh