Vietnam requests more Covid vaccine support from UK

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (L) and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meet in Glasgow, November 1, 2021. Photo courtesy of Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Vietnam needs continued support for its Covid-19 fight with vaccine, medical supplies and drugs, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son told British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in Glasgow.

The two leaders met Monday on the sidelines of the Vietnamese delegation's participation in the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) hosted by the U.K., the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.

In early August, the U.K. Embassy in Hanoi handed over 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam’s Health Ministry. This was part of the U.K. government’s pledge to Vietnam during a donation drive to deliver nine million vaccine doses to countries around the world.

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