{"id":243895,"date":"2021-09-21T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=243895"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:12:52","slug":"cuba-to-sell-5-million-doses-of-abdala-vaccine-to-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/cuba-to-sell-5-million-doses-of-abdala-vaccine-to-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba to sell 5 million doses of Abdala vaccine to Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba will sell five million doses of the Abdala COVID-19 vaccine to <\/span>Vietnam<\/span><\/a>, according to an agreement signed this Monday between the two countries, in the context of the Vietnamese president\u2019s visit to the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

The agreement was signed by Marta Ayala, general director of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), and Nguyen Dang Hien, director of the Vietnamese Research Center for Biological Products and Vaccines (POLYVAC). It establishes the purchase, \u201cat first,\u201d of five million doses of the immunogen by the Asian nation, the Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) news agency <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The signing of the contract, held at the CIGB, was attended by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who this Sunday met with his Cuban counterpart Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel and who this very Monday was informed of the main historical results of the Cuban Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group (BioCubaFarma) and, in particular, against COVID-19, by its president, Dr. Eduardo Mart\u00ednez.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also present on behalf of the island\u2019s government was the Minister of Health Dr. Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Portal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previously, the CIGB and POLYVAC had signed another scientific-technical collaboration agreement, as part of the agenda of Xuan Phuc\u2019s visit. On that occasion, the directors of both centers <\/span>signed a memorandum<\/span><\/a> for the biotechnological development of products to combat cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n

And a day earlier, last Saturday, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam had approved the import and use in its population of the <\/span>Cuban Abdala vaccine<\/span><\/a>, as a step prior to the agreement signed this Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vietnam announces it will receive Cuban COVID-19 vaccines<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n