Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính (centre) visits Medicon Company in An Khánh Commune, Hoài Đức District, Hà Nội on Thursday afternoon. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam must be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines no later than June 2022, according to Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính. “We have important premises to be able to achieve the goal soon,” said PM Chính on Thursday afternoon while he visited the Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 in Hà Nội. Việt Nam has a tradition in research and production of vaccines, he added. Chính said the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology was the largest and oldest research facility in the country. Việt Nam already produces 11 of 12 vaccines in the expanded vaccination programme, eliminating many dangerous diseases such as polio and neonatal tetanus, he said. The second premise was that Việt Nam's facilities had been researching and testing a number of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as making a variety of products and medical supplies for pandemic prevention, he said. The third premise was that the tradition of Vietnamese people, he said. “The more difficulties and challenges we meet, the more determination and unity we keep,” he said. Chính also said the country must promote the spirit of independence and self-reliance according to the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress, overcoming all difficulties to produce vaccines. To reach the goal, he tasked the Ministry of Health and other agencies to focus on technology transfer, research and vaccine production. The Ministry of Justice was assigned to soon complete mechanisms and policies for technology transfer, research and vaccine production, he said. Chính also agreed to spend a part of the State budget on public-private co-operation for technology transfer, research and producing vaccines. He told agencies to improve the quality of human …
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