VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested the Ministry of Health to work closely alongside competent agencies in order to receive 100,000 Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the Russian Government.

A factory producing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be built in Vietnam within one year and is expected to produce 30-40 million doses annually, Chairman of Russian pharmaceutical company Binnopharm Dmitry Zubov told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Russia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Russia signed and exchanged a number cooperation documents in Moscow on December 1 during State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s ongoing visit to Russia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Russian firms operating in pharmaceuticals and medical equipment have discussed experience and technology in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is anticipated to use Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for the ongoing national vaccination campaign this week as soon as the factory certificate of the imported batch is secured.

VOV.VN - A batch of 740,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to Vietnam, arrived in the nation on September 29 at Noi Bai International Airport.

VOV.VN - Russia attaches importance to the comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam, an important partner in the Asia-Pacific region, affirmed Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia Konstantin Kosachev.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who is on a working visit to Russia, dropped into the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on September 25.

VOV.VN - VABIOTECH, one of Vietnam’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has successfully produced its first batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, VABIOTECH announced.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) conditionally adopted Cuba’s Abdala COVID-19 vaccine on September 17 for domestic use in Vietnam.