Earlier this month, Binnopharm and the Russian Direct Investment Fund signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s T&T Group on the transfer of production technology and the formation of a facility with full cycle production capacity of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam.

Sputnik V vaccine.

According to Zubov, the time of one year for construction is feasible, as Binnopharm has just built another factory in Belarus in eight months.

He said this will be a multi-purpose and closed-cycle factory using advanced German equipment. It can produce other vaccines as well.

He considers this an important basis for Russia to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam on pharmaceuticals, thereby entering the Southeast Asian market.

Bac Giang increases vaccine coverage for long-term pandemic response

(BGO) - With a high focus on fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, especially proactively responding to a new strain which is spreading in many countries around the world, Bac Giang province has determined that the top task is to speed up the administration of the second dose of vaccine and the booster shot (the third dose) for its residents.

99.2 percent of Bac Giang citizens aged over 18 receive at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO)- Bac Giang province has provided more than 6,800 Covid-19 vaccine shots to students from 12 to below 15 as of December 1. On this day, the districts of Tan Yen, Luc Ngan, Hiep Hoa and Bac Giang city vaccinated over 4,700 students at this age.

Vietnam to produce more Sputnik V vaccine in deal with Russia

Russia and Vietnam have agreed to expand production of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF, which markets the vaccine internationally, said on Wednesday.

It is a must to produce Covid-19 vaccines, treatment drugs at home

It is a must to produce Covid-19 vaccines and treatment drugs domestically, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a meeting with representatives from ministries and agencies in Hanoi on November 27.

Khanh Hoa welcomes first international tourists with vaccine passports

The central province of Khanh Hoa welcomed its first foreign visitors after prolonged pandemic-driven closures as 43 Vietnamese Americans and Vietnamese Canadians landed at the Cam Ranh Airport Thursday afternoon.

Source: NDO/VNA