Two batches of AstraZeneca vaccine with over 1.44 million doses were handed over to Viet Nam on August 26, reported the Viet Nam Vaccine JSC (VNVC) a day later.

Two batches arrive in Tan Son Nhat airport, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

It was the largest delivery, the 10^th and 11^th batches, under the VNVC’s order of 30 million doses with AstraZeneca, with the support of the Health Ministry. So far, AstraZeneca has sent a total of 8.2 million vaccine doses to the VNVC.

Chairman and General Director of AstraZeneca Viet Nam and emerging Asian markets Nitin Kapoor said the acceleration of delivery testifies to AstraZeneca’s commitment to supporting Viet Nam’s health care system in the fight against the pandemic, as AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot told the Vietnamese Prime Minister in their recent phone talks.

To date, Viet Nam has received more than 24 million vaccine doses from different sources, including 17 million doses of AstraZeneca under the VNVC’s contract, COVAX Facility mechanism and donations by foreign governments.

AstraZeneca vaccine now accounts for 64 percent of supplies nationwide.

Source: VNA