The donation of 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Japan to Vietnam

Japan donated one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam. Delivery of the Japanese-made vaccines is expected to depart on Wednesday and arrive in Vietnam the same day. On Tuesday, Japan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio and Vietnam’s Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long exchanged notes about the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the country. 19 infections have increased rapidly in Vit Nam since the end of April this year due to new variants of the coronavirus, while some places in the country are under social distancing, while only more than one percent of the country’s population is against COVID. was vaccinated -19 and three million doses have reached Vietnam. Buying COVID-19 vaccines is an urgent matter for the government of Vietnam. With the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine from Japan to Vietnam, the Japanese government is hoping to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Vietnam believes it is important to ensure equal access to safe and effective vaccines in all countries and regions in order to ensure a achieve universal health coverage. Japan will continue to work with countries and international organizations to provide assistance with the aim of ending the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible. According to the NHK, the Japanese government has a policy of sending surplus stocks abroad.The country donated approximately 1.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Taiwan earlier this month.