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Belgian Foreign Ministry hands over 100,000 doses of vaccine to Vietnam

Representatives from the Belgian Foreign Ministry handed over 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam to support its fight against COVID-19.
Belgian Foreign Ministry hands over 100,000 doses of vaccine to Vietnam ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)

Brussels (VNA) – Representatives from the Belgian ForeignMinistry handed over 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam to support its fight against COVID-19.

The ceremony,co-hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium and the Ministry of Planning andInvestment in Brussels, was witnessed by National Assembly Chairman Vuong DinhHue.

SeveralVietnamese organisations, businesses and intellectuals in Europe also presentedmedical supplies worth millions of USD to Vietnam.

To step upeconomic ties between Vietnam and Belgium, a number of deals to purchasemedical equipment were also signed on the occasion.

Other memoranda of understanding relate tooffshore wind power development, solar energy study, and wind-deriveddesalination technology. If 100,000 doses of vaccine funded by the Belgium Governmentare added, the MoUs are worth over 84.4 trillion VND (3.7 billion USD) in total./.

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