Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu has announced aid of 500,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, with the hope both nations would overcome the pandemic together. - VnExpress International
The refrigerators will be delivered to 300 provincial and district health facilities in Viet Nam, where they will store COVID-19 vaccines for vaccination days. The delivery is a part of UNICEF’s ongoing support to improve cold chain systems for the nation-wide COVID-19 vaccination campaign.Photo: UNICEFThe Government of Japan, a longtime partner to UNICEF Viet Nam, has been supporting Viet Nam to realize children’s rights, especially during emergency situation and crisis. “This support is aimed at delivering vaccines to each and every person in all corners of Viet Nam, which will complement efforts of the COVAX Facility. Japan will continue to extend support to the Vietnamese efforts to deploy vaccines to every person in the country with a view to containing COVID-19 as quickly as possible”, said Takio Yamada, the Japanese Ambassador to Viet Nam.As part of the support to improve capacity of the health and immunization systems to efficiently and effectively administer COVID-19
Vietnam has received 300 vaccine refrigerators funded by the Government of Japan through UNICEF, of which 100 refrigerators have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City Port and another 200 in Hai Phong Port, UNICEF Vietnam announced on October 1.