Australia has shared an additional 7,245,800 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses for children in Vietnam through a procurement agreement struck with UNICEF in partnership with the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.
PANO - The Australian government has provided 7.2 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses for Vietnam through its purchase agreement with UNICEF and in partnership with Vietnam’s Ministry of Health, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam announced on June 1.
Pfizer vaccine for children was transported to the cold storage warehouse of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. (Photo: PANO) The Australian Embassy in Vietnam on June 1 said that all of the above vaccines were delivered to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from May 20 to May 28. This transfer brings the total number of vaccine doses supported by Australia to Vietnam to more than 22.2 million doses, including 7.8 million doses of vaccine used in the COVID-19 adult vaccination program; along with more than 7.2 million doses of Moderna vaccine for children to kick off the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children. Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie said that Australia is proud to cooperate with Vietnam since 2021 in providing vaccines and launching a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for adults. “I am also very pleased that Australia was able to share 14.4 million doses with Vietnam to support the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children, bringing the tota
The Australian-funded Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) programme hosted a symposium, Engaging Women in Markets – Scaling up Local Successes Nationwide, in Hanoi on May 27.
Throughout the day, the GREAT programme team and Government of Vietnam representatives discussed evidence and lessons learned from the GREAT Programme that can help inform Vietnam’s National Target Programmes (NTPs) implementation. The NTPs and GREAT both aspire to stronger socio-economic opportunities in Vietnam’s northwest region, particularly for the ethnic communities that call the region home.Australian Ambassador Robyn Mudie talks to a successful woman joining the project in Son La province at the symposium. (Photo: VNA)GREAT is Australia’s most significant gender investment in Vietnam, totalling 33.7 million AUD (24.1 million USD). The programme works with businesses, NGOs, government and civil society partners to build more inclusive business and market systems within the agriculture and tourism sectors in Son La and Lao Cai provinces. It also works to ensure that local women and ethnic minorities actively participate in and benefit from related economic activities and gr