At least one domestic COVID-19 vaccine to be licenced by year-end: Deputy PM

He revealed the information during a meeting on research, technology transfer and clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in Hanoi on September 14.

At the meeting, experts and scientists hailed positive signs from Vietnam's vaccine development projects and strategy to buy, import and export COVID-19 vaccines.

As scientists said that SARS-CoV-2 will continue to exist, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also deputy head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, underlined the importance of meticulous preparation.