A woman receives a shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jun 27, 2021. HANOI: Vietnam is in talks with the United States to locally produce mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, its foreign ministry said on Thursday , as the Southeast Asian country looks to shore up its vaccine supply amid its worst outbreak of the coronavirus yet.
After successfully containing the virus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam is facing a surge in record daily infections, with some areas in the country's south, including Ho Chi Minh City, under lockdown.Local production of the unidentified mRNA vaccine could begin in the fourth quarter of this year or early 2022, foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press briefing.
The deal could see Vietnam produce 100 million to 200 million doses of the vaccine a year, she added.
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