Among the donors, Tan Viet Securities JSC contributed over VND 3.3 billion, Fubon Vietnam Insurance Co. Ltd VND 1 billion, Hoa Linh Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd VND 500 million, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development VND 500 million.

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The fund’s management board has opened 21 accounts for donations made in VND, USD, EUR at the State Treasury and six commercial banks namely BIDV, Vietcombank, VietinBank, HDBank, Agribank and TPBank.

Since its inception, the fund had accumulated over VND 7.5 trillion (US$ 326 million) as of 5pm on June 24, according to its management board.

The sum was donated by 339,650 individuals and organisations.

The use, management and opening of accounts at the State Treasury is publicised on the mass media daily.

Vietnam will need VND 22.5 trillion to buy 150 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to inoculate 75 million people in order to achieve herd immunity.

Over 966,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to be distributed nationwide

The Ministry of Health on June 17 announced it will distribute a total of 966,320 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to local Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs), hospitals and medical units, among others, across the country.

Vietnam approves Pfizer Covid vaccine for emergency use

Vietnam has approved the emergency use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by U.S.-based firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech Inc., the Ministry of Health announced Saturday.

Many more donations to Covid-19 vaccine fund

(BGO) – The Covid-19 vaccine fund in Bac Giang province received many more donations in June 12 and 13 from various organizations and individuals inside and outside the province. 

3 billion VND donated to Covid-19 vaccine fund

(BGO) – On behalf of Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), representatives of Agribank Bac Giang branch and Agribank Bac Giang branch 2 on June 10 donated 3 billion VND (131,400 USD) to Covid-19 vaccine fund at the office of the Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) in Bac Giang province. 

More vaccines via COVAX Facility to arrive in Vietnam in July: UNICEF

More vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility, the global Covid-19 vaccine equity scheme, are scheduled to be delivered in Vietnam in July, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers has told Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

Source: NDO/VNA