To: arun gera who wrote (176931 ) 8/22/2021 8:16:17 AM From: TobagoJack Respond to Interesting move …thediplomat.com Was Vietnam’s Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Debacle Just a Stunt? Depositphotos There’s hardly any populace on Earth that is more anti-China than the Vietnamese. Several millennia of wars and border skirmishes, from a thousand years under Chinese rule to today’s disputes over the South China Sea, have ensured in Vietnam a deep distrust of its ideologically and culturally proximate neighbor.donation ” of five million doses of Vero Cell vaccines produced by China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm).penalty for refusing vaccination ” and “is it okay to not vaccinate” surged among the city residents. This is in direct contrast with a study published in February this year in The Lancet, which attributes Vietnam with the highest vaccine acceptance rate in the world.low quality . After days of public outcry, the government backed off the plan to use the Sinopharm vaccine. Some critics have welcomed the move as an indication that Hanoi has begun to listen to public opinion. And they might be right. With an ongoing COVID-19 resurgence that has obliterated its perfect track record in handling the virus last year, the Vietnamese government simply cannot risk further eroding its reputation.words of the health minister – vaccine rollout? It may seem contradictory, but once we take a deeper look at the backbone of Vietnam’s vaccination program, it makes a certain amount of sense.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.five people have died in Vietnam as a result of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The fact that many European countries have restricted the vaccine to older people out of concern for blood clots among young people obviously does not help.was angered when a young woman obtained the Pfizer vaccine instead of the AstraZeneca one thanks to her grandfather’s political connections.Get the Newsletter makes you look better , Vietnam’s strategy to briefly include the Chinese vaccines in its vaccine pool might just make the AstraZeneca vaccine look marginally more appealing.borrow ” half a million Sinopharm doses from Ho Chi Minh City shortly after the latter’s plan to use Chinese vaccines was abandoned. Vietnam’s biggest city has also planned to share the remaining doses with other provinces, presumably ones in the north bordering China. restrict the use of these vaccines to Chinese nationals living in the country, as well as Vietnamese wishing to travel to China or those living near the Chinese border. At a time when its public approval is at an all-time low due to the ongoing COVID-19 resurgence, it’s unlikely that the regime is serious about suddenly changing its optics and further angering its citizens.
