Vietnam asks UK for Covid vaccine production technology
By Phuong Vu May 20, 2021 | 10:29 am GMT+7
A medical worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine shot in HCMC, May 11, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.
Vietnam has sought technologies for Covid-19 vaccine production from the U.K., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a release.
Foreign affairs minister Bui Thanh Son, during wide-ranging discussions on Wednesday with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, congratulated the U.K. for its achievements in the coronavirus fight, including becoming one of the first countries in the world to roll out vaccines, and said it should consider transferring vaccine technologies to Vietnam.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (middle) in the phone talks (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –
Justin Trudeau on May 19 to discuss measures promoting
bilateral ties and COVID-19 response.
Trudeau affirmed that
Canada attaches importance to bilateral friendship and wishes to lift bilateral
comprehensive partnership to a new height.
Speaking highly of
Vietnam’s role and position on international arena, which was reflected via its
position as ASEAN Chair 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations
Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure, Trudeau reaffirmed commitment to
fostering strong cooperation in trade, development and national defence.
He vowed to continue
assisting Vietnam and regional countries in access to COVID-19 vaccines via
Vietnam proposes UK transfer COVID-19 vaccine production technology 20:54 | 19/05/2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 19 held phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, during which he suggested that the UK consider the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology to Vietnam.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son holds phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi â Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 19 held phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, during which he suggested that the UK consider the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology to Vietnam.
G7 scolds China, Russia; China hits back
Reuters, LONDON
The G7 nations on Wednesday scolded China and Russia, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a bully, but beyond words there were few concrete steps aside from expressing support for Taiwan and Ukraine.
Founded in 1975 as a forum for the West’s richest nations to discuss crises such as the OPEC oil embargo, the G7 this week addressed what it perceives as the biggest threats: China, Russia and the COVID-19 pandemic.
G7 foreign ministers, in a 12,400-word communique, said that Russia was trying to undermine democracies and threatening Ukraine, while China was guilty of human rights abuses and of using its economic clout to bully others.