Austrian Ambassador to Viet Nam Hans-Peter Glanzer (second, left) hands over 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen, Ha Noi, November 16, 2021.

Speaking at the vaccine handover ceremony, Do expressed thanks to Austria for gifting Viet Nam with COVID-19 vaccine and medical supplies, thus helping the Southeast Asian country improve the quality of health service.

For his part, Austrian Ambassador to Viet Nam Hans-Peter Glanzer spoke highly of Viet Nam’s achievements in its vaccination campaign.

Viet Nam has received 135 million COVID-19 vaccine doses so far. As many as 100,862,898 vaccine doses were administered, with 36,095,377 people fully vaccinated./

As of November 16, Viet Nam confirmed 1,045,397 COVID-19 cases, including 870,997 recoveries and 23,270 fatalities.