VP Harris to offer Vietnam assistance in vaccine delivery
VOV.VN - US Vice-President Kamala Harris will offer Vietnam assistance in distributing vaccines during her visit to the country, according to a White House official.
Harris later on August 25 will hold a discussion with South-east Asian officials on health security, before launching the South-east Asia regional office for the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The United States has donated 5 million vaccine doses to Vietnam, the US Embassy in Hanoi said last month.
Vaccines have been at the forefront of an American diplomatic offensive in South-east Asia, with the region accounting for about a fifth of all doses the US has given globally.
Ted Osius, president and CEO of the US-ASEAN Business Council said, "US businesses and other businesses from the other parts of the world see huge opportunities for growth,"
"Security is really about more than ships and planes, it's also about ties between nations, and what I think the vice president is doing is cementing those ties in multiple areas on the two stops of her trip," he added.