Vietnam to get 20 million Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine doses from Russia in 2021,


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HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnam will receive 20 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Russia this year, the government said on Saturday (Sept 4). The statement came after a meeting in Hanoi between Vietnamese Defence Minister Phan Van Giang and Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko. Only 3 per cent of Vietnam's 98 million people have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Vietnam has deployed soldiers and forced residents of its biggest city to stay in their homes in recent weeks, in its most drastic measures yet to fight an outbreak that has shattered what was one of the world's...