Representatives at the press conference at the WHO headquarters (Photo: Tran Minh/ Ministry of Health)

The WHO said at a press conference on Wednesday that Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Serbia will receive support from the global mRNA hub in South Africa.

Although Vietnam is a developing country, it has had a lot of experience in vaccine development over the past decades, said Nguyen Thanh Long, Vietnamese Minister of Health in a virtual address to the press conference.

Participating in this initiative, Vietnam will be able to produce the mRNA vaccine in large scale, not only for domestic consumption but also for other countries in the region and the world, contributing to reducing inequalities in access to vaccines, Mr. Long said.