A sudden pandemic has brought the whole world to a standstill for more than a year due to a new virus called Corona, also known as Covid-19. To control and prevent this epidemic, finding a vaccine to stimulate the immune system against the consequences caused by Coronavirus is an urgent task for many countries around the world. So far, the production and supply of vaccines are causing political and economic races around the world. The research, and production of vaccines to prevent Covid-19 are also being actively implemented in Vietnam. The objective of the article is to clarify the context of the global competition for the research, production and supply of Covid-19 Vaccines by using statistics of active cases, and deaths, as long as the data on vaccine Covid-19 doses. Therefore, the article indicates this is not only a medical race but also an economic-geopolitical competition. In addition, it also reveals the inequality that is taking place in this race between developed and developing countries.
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