200,000 doses of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Hanoi on Aug 24, 2021. - AFP
HANOI, Aug 24 (Xinhua/Reuters): A transport aircraft of the People's Liberation Army of China carrying a batch of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine landed in Vietnam on Monday (Aug 23), ahead of a scheduled visit by US Vice-President Kamala Harris on Tuesday.
At the handover event of the 200,000 doses of vaccine at the Noi Bai International Airport in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo said China has been paying close attention to the epidemic situation in Vietnam, and that the cooperation in the fight against the pandemic is a significant part of the cooperation between the militaries.
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