Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie (Left) presents a donation of 300,000 vaccine doses and medical supplies to Vietnam (Photo: Ministry of Health)

Australia has so far delivered more than 700,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam as part of the government’s commitment to support Vietnam with 1.5 million doses. On August 27, a batch of more than 400,000 doses of the vaccine was also handed over to the Ministry of Health in Ho Chi Minh City.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie said her government will purchase an additional 3.7 million doses through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help Vietnam combat COVID-19. The total value of Australia's commitment to assist Vietnam in accessing a COVID-19 vaccine is 60 million AUD.

Australia is also working with UNICEF to help Vietnam upgrade cold chain, train health workers, and disseminate information in remote provinces.

Thanking the Australian Government and people, Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong said that the vaccines and medical supplies will be quickly distributed to localities for effective pandemic prevention and control.