Latvia to resell 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Vietnam
The Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) has announced that it will resell to Vietnam 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) has
announced that it will resell to Vietnam 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19
vaccine.This is in response to a letter of Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue addressed to heads of parliaments in European
nations attending the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5)
in Austria last month.
NA Chairman Hue has expressed his gratitude to Speaker of the Saeima Inara
Murniece and members of the Latvian Parliament for the vaccine support.
In his thank-you note, he said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies of Vietnam have rolled out necessary measures to purchase and receive the vaccine in the quickest time possible.
He voiced his delight that the traditional friendship and multifaceted
cooperation between Vietnam and Latvia at large, and the countries’ parliaments
in particular, have been strengthened over the years./.