Refrigerated trucks allocated to Military Regions for COVID-19 vaccine transport
The Ministry of Health has decided to allocate 63 specialised trucks for COVID-19 vaccine transport, produced by Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), to seven military regions across the country under the management of the Ministry of National Defence.
At a ceremony to hand over refrigerated trucks to Military Region 3 (Photo: Ministry of Health)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health has decided toallocate 63 specialised trucks for COVID-19 vaccine transport, manufactured byTruong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), to seven military regions across the country underthe management of the Ministry of National Defence.
The refrigerated trucks will serve the largest-ever vaccinationcampaign in the country from July 2021 to April 2022, ensuring the qualityof vaccines.
THACO has handed over the trucks toMilitary Regions 1, 3 and 4, and is scheduled to deliver the trucks to the remaining regions from July 23. The trucks are designed to meet all temperaturestandards, ensuring that vaccines are always kept at a temperature of 2-8degrees Celsius.
Right in July, the Military Regions will use the trucks totransport COVID-19 vaccines to localities. Meanwhile, storages have been built in the Military Regions to receive the vaccines.
They have also received instructions and training to meet good storage practice(GSP) standards, thus getting ready to undertake the storage andtransport of the vaccines from August.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said his ministry and relevantministries and sectors have worked together to set up a new system of storagebased on the support of the army.
The vaccines will be kept in warehouses meetingGSP standards that have been jointly constructed by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of National Defence before sending to vaccination sites in nearbylocalities, thus ensuring fast and safe delivery, he added./.
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At a ceremony to hand over refrigerated trucks to Military Region 3 (Photo: Ministry of Health) 
