John Paul Pullicino, CEO of Pfizer Vietnam, made this commitment Wednesday at an online meeting with Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

This is a good development in the current circumstance, Long said. The vaccines will be administered to Vietnamese children and teenagers in the 12-18 age group.

Vials and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

The U.S. approved Pfizer’s vaccine for children and teenagers in May.

The 20-million batch is part of a commitment by the corporation to provide 47 million Covid-19 doses to Vietnam.

The health ministry has requested 31 million doses be delivered within this quarter to serve urgent needs.

It is also discussing with the American company the transfer of vaccine production technology to Vietnam or the establishment of a vaccine factory in the country by 2022.

Vietnam is set to receive over 745,000 Pfizer doses this month.

Vietnamese in Thailand donate to Covid-19 vaccine fund

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand held a ceremony on July 11 to receive nearly 1.5 million baht (US$46,100) donated by the Vietnamese community in the country to Vietnam’s national Covid-19 vaccine fund.

Pilot vaccine passport program for Phu Quoc nears completion

The tourism ministry is working to complete later this month a pilot Covid-19 vaccine passport program to have foreign tourists back on Phu Quoc Island.

2 million doses of Moderna vaccine donated by US arrive in Vietnam

Two million doses of U.S. firm Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine donated by the U.S. through the Covax program arrived in Hanoi early Saturday morning.

Vietnam receives another 580,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses

A shipment of 580,000 doses of Covid-19 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 9.

Two million Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Vietnam this weekend

Two million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, assisted by the US, are scheduled to arrive in Vietnam this weekend, the Health Ministry announced on July 8.

Source: VnExpress