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<br>By James Pearson<br> <br>HANOI, May 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it was reviewing a proposal by an unidentified vaccine manufacturer in Vietnam to become an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine technology hub in the Southeast Asian country.<br> <br>MRNA vaccines, like that developed jointly by BionTech and Pfizer,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà giang 3 ngày 2 đêm] prompt the human body to make a protein that is part of the virus,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà giang 3 ngày 2 đêm] triggering an immune response.<br> <br>"A vaccine manufacturer in Vietnam has already expressed its interest to become a mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub," Kidong Park, the WHO representative in Vietnam, said in an emailed statement to Reuters.<br> <br>The [https://www.biggerpockets.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=proposal proposal] was being reviewed by the WHO,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà giang] said Park, who added that the [http://www.wordreference.com/definition/organisation%20expects organisation expects] Vietnam to also apply for "large scale manufacturing" of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.<br> <br>Park did not say which vaccine manufacturer had expressed interest in the plans.<br> <br>On Tuesday, Vietnamese state media said the country was seeking the transfer of the technology to domestically manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, as officials warned of supply issues until the end of the year.<br> <br>The WHO in April said it was seeking to expand the capacity of low and middle-income countries to produce and scale up the manufacturing of vaccines to help bring the pandemic under control.<br> <br>"If Vietnam will host a mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub, it will contribute to mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine production in Vietnam as well as in the region," Park told Reuters.<br><br>(Reporting by James Pearson; Editing by Martin Petty)<br>