PM: Vietnam wants stronger cooperation with Pfizer
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks with Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer in Hanoi on Tuesday evening. This is the second talks between the Vietnamese Government head and Pfizer’s leader since the fourth wave of COVID-19 broke out in Vietnam in late April.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA) |
During the talks, the Prime Minister praised Pfizer and its leaders for their effective cooperation with and supply of 51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Vietnam. Chinh said that with such close cooperation and prompt support from other countries including the US, Vietnam has successfully carried out the COVID-19 vaccination program in order to safely, flexibly adapt to and contain the pandemic and restore and develop the economy.
The PM asked the CEO of Pfizer to accelerate the supply of 22 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 12 as soon as possible.
Bourla affirmed that he will make every effort to speed up the implementation of the contract on supplying the vaccine for children from 5 to under 12 years old for Vietnam in the coming weeks as soon as possible. He also stated that Pfizer can cooperate with Vietnam in transferring technology to produce drugs to treat COVID-19.
On this occasion, PM Chinh invited the Pfizer leader to Vietnam as a guest of the Prime Minister to discuss and promote a long-term bilateral cooperation plan.