Half a million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine and 502,400 syringes donated by China arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi this afternoon. 

The vaccines will be administered to Chinese nationals working in Viet Nam, Vietnamese people who intend to go to work or study in China, and residents in provinces bordering China, according to the Ministry of Health.

Viet Nam has approved four foreign COVID-19 vaccines, namely Oxford/AstraZeneca,  Russia’s Sputnik V, Sinopharm, and Pfizer/BioNTech, for emergency use in the Southeast Asian country

The Sinopharm vaccine can be stored at standard refrigerator at 2-8 degrees Celsius with a shelf life of up to two years./.