(VOVWORLD) - 900,000 doses of COVID-19 Abdala vaccine developed and produced by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) of Cuba were handed over to the Vietnamese Embassy in the country on Friday.
 Cuban's vaccines are uploaded on the special plane of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. (photo: VNA) |
On the same day, the Cuban Defence Ministry presented 150,000 doses of Abdala vaccine to the Vietnamese defense attaché.
All the vaccine doses have been transported to Vietnam on the special plane of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who made an official friendship visit to Cuba on September 18-20.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc also travelled to the US to attend the High-level Debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session (UNGA 76) in New York.