Vietnam to buy 20 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine this year

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Vietnam is in talks to buy 20 million doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V this year, its health minister said on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Vials labeled"Sputnik V coronavirus disease vaccine", March 24, 2021. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic/File PhotoHANOI: Vietnam's health minister said on Wednesday that Russia had agreed to provide it with 20 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V this year, as the Southeast Asian country races to secure supplies to expedite mass inoculations.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday sent a letter to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin seeking assistance on coronavirus, after a similar request to US President Joe Biden. "This is an important step for Russia to transfer its vaccine production technology to Vietnam," Long said.

 

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