Additional 1 million doses of Japan-donated COVID-19 vaccine to reach Vietnam early July
(VOVWORLD) - 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that the Japanese Government last week promised for Vietnam is expected to be delivered to Vietnam in two batches on Thursday and a week later, according the Ministry of Health.
 A plane carrying 1 million coronavirus virus vaccine doses donated by Japan arrives in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on the night of June 16, 2021 (Photo: Thai Binh) |
Along with the vaccine batch Vietnam already received on June 16, Japan has donated nearly 2 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia to receive COVID-19 vaccine aid from Japan, adding that Vietnam is committed to using the vaccines most effectively and quickly.
The Ministry of Health called the delivery of this vaccine batch from the Government and people of Japan very timely to help Vietnam contain the spread of the pandemic.