Vietnam receives more Covid-19 vaccines - 4.4 million doses from United States and another 1.1 million doses from Australia


The US-donated Pfizer vaccine batches arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on late Friday night (Dec 11). - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Dec 11 (Vietnam News/ANN): The US sent a further 4.4 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam on Friday night (Dec 10) via the global vaccine sharing initiative COVAX, according to the US mission in the country.

A total of 2.2 million doses arrived in Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi in the morning, with another 2.23 million doses arriving in Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City.

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