Vietnam is in talks with the United States on domestic production of mRNA vaccines, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, as the country looks to boost supplies amid its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.
Vietnam will receive an additional 3 million shots of Moderna's vaccine on July 25 from the United States via the global COVAX vaccine scheme, Hang said, adding to the 2 million Moderna doses the United States shipped it on July 10.
In total Vietnam - with a population of 98 million - has clinched deals for 105 million vaccine doses and is in talks for 70 million more. Fewer than 330,000 people have been fully vaccinated.In May, the World Health Organization said it was reviewing a proposal by an unidentified manufacturer in Vietnam to become an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine technology hub.
On Wednesday, Russia's RDIF fund and Vietnamese firm Vabiotech said the latter had produced the first test batch of Sputnik V vaccine and was about to ship it to Russia for quality control checks.Hang said on Thursday Vabiotech would initially start packaging five million Sputnik V doses a month, using materials from Russia, and moving to produce 100 million doses a year later.
"Vabiotech is also in talks with a Japanese partner to soon transfer vaccine production technologies to Vietnam," she added. Additional reporting by Miyoung Kim in Singapore Editing by James Pearson, Clarence Fernandez and Frances KerrySubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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