Vietnam approves national programme for development of domestic vaccines

COVIVAC vaccine is a Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by Vietnam's Health Ministry's Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC). - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Oct 17 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has approved a national science-technology programme for promoting studies and production of human vaccines by 2030.

The programme aims to clear the way for Vietnam to master technologies for vaccine production and build capacity of domestic organisations and companies specialised in vaccine R&D and production in order to improve its preparedness to potential epidemics in the future.