Health Ministry allocates over 650,000 more COVID-19 vaccine doses to HCM City
The Health Ministry on August 3 allocated 659,500 doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine which were bought from AstraZeneca by VNVC, to Ho Chi Minh City.
A local resident having vaccine administrated by a health worker in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of August 3. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Health Ministry on August 3 allocated659,500 doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine which were bought fromAstraZeneca by VNVC, to Ho Chi Minh City.
The allocated vaccines are part of the more than 1 million doses freshlydelivered to Vietnam.
Another 414,880 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, donated by the UKGovernment, are given to Hanoi.
The same day, the ministry adjusted an earlier decision on allocating COVID-19vaccines for the 16th time, giving HCM City 319,000 more doses andHanoi an additional 284,000 doses.
With the latest provision, Ho Chi Minh City has so far received the mostCOVID-19 vaccines among localities in the country with 4,075,270 doses, includingthose allocated to centrally-run institutes, hospitals and agencies based inthe city.
There are an estimated 7 million people aged 18 and above in HCM City. The cityhas administered around 2 million doses so far. Therefore, in order to ꦫvaccinate70 percent ofꦚ its population to achieve herd immunity, the city needs about 5.5million more doses./.
The Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company on August 1 deployed a Mi-172 helicopter carrying COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and supplies from Vung Tau airport to Con Dao island district in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
More than 1.18 million doses of Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine (formerly known as AstraZeneca) from the COVAX Facility have arrived in Vietnam, UNICEF Vietnam announced on August 2.
Conglomerate Vingroup has signed an agreement with Arcturus Therapeutics medicines biotechnology company of the US on the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 handed over medical supplies and equipment donated by enterprises to local hospitals and medical centres to support the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control.
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The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
A local resident having vaccine administrated by a health worker in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of August 3. (Photo: VNA) 
