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.
VP Harris is scheduled to hold discussions on August 25 with Southeast Asian officials on issues such as health security, before launching the Southeast Asian regional office for the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The US has also far donated a total of five million vaccines to the nation, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi last month.
Vaccines have been at the forefront of American diplomatic efforts in Southeast Asia, with the region accounting for approximately a fifth of all doses that US has given out 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."
Osius added that, "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."