According to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Health of Vietnam and KOICA, the Republic of Korea government will provide syringes and safety boxes for Vietnam to assist its national COVID-19 vaccination program.

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KOICA handing over syringes and safety boxes to Military Region 3

In total, 42.5 million single-use syringes and 400,000 safety boxes will be fully delivered to Vietnam in the second quarter of 2022.

These syringes and safety boxes will be distributed to provinces and cities for their COVID-19 vaccination drive in the first quarter of 2022.

Along with syringes and safety boxes, the Republic of Korea government has been donating COVID-19 vaccines, COVID-19 antigen test kits, and remote body temperature monitoring devices to Vietnam in support of the country in the fight against COVID-19.

Earlier, KOICA also presented 6.3 million single-use syringes to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in January 2022.

Translated by Quynh Oanh