As many as 1,316,250 doses arrived on November 6 in Ha Noi while 1,557,270 doses arrived in two shipments on November 7 and 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

This is the seventh delivery to Viet Nam, totaling more than 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses made available by the United States.

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The U.S. has committed more than US$30.2 million in COVID-19 related assistance for Viet Nam since the beginning of the pandemic. 

Building on our longstanding cooperation and investment in Viet Nam’s health infrastructure, the U.S. has provided support to essentially every pillar of the country’s pandemic response. 

From virtual trainings that have reached thousands of hospital workers, to genetic sequencing technology that allows Viet Nam to track variants of the virus, to equipment for testing and for vaccine storage, to life-saving equipment, such as ventilators, oxygen concentrators, and liquid-oxygen tanks for patients in need. 

At the Global COVID-⁠19 Summit on September 22, U.S. President Joe Biden announced a commitment to provide an additional 500 million Pfizer doses to 92 low- and middle-income countries and economies around the world, and the African Union, bringing the U.S. total global commitment to more than 1.1 billion doses.  Viet Nam has been a leading recipient of these doses.  

As of 9:00 am on November 8, over 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Viet Nam, according to the COVID-19 Vaccine Portal.

So far, 61 million people in the country received at least one shot, accounting for 83 percent of the targeted population. Meanwhile, 29 million people have been fully vaccinated, making 40% of the adult population.