AFP
Vietnam is set to begin tests this week on a domestically produced coronavirus vaccine, a government led-effort that marks a first in Southeast Asia, starting with 60 volunteers, state media said on Wednesday.
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are all struggling with the economic fallout from the pandemic, despite having relatively low numbers of cases and deaths, with Vietnam reporting 1,405 confirmed cases and 0 deaths, Laos reporting 41 confirmed cases and 0 deaths, and Cambodia reporting 362 cases and 0 deaths.
Called Nanocovax, Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine was produced by the country’s Nanogen Company and Vietnam’s Military Medical Academy under direction from the Ministry of Science and Technology.