Vietnam accepts China COVID shots as inoculation drive stalls

Hanoi to give Sinopharm doses to people engaged with huge neighbor

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A man rides a bike on an empty street in Hanoi on May 31 as Vietnam battles rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.  © Reuters

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Vietnam has taken delivery of half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China, as Hanoi struggles to secure the shots it needs to speed up its inoculation drive.

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