COVID-19 vaccine fund to help Vietnam soon return to normal
To soon bring the life back to normal, vaccines are believed to be the best solution to protect people’s lives and help countries surmount the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donors at the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine fund on June 5 (Photo: Vietjet)
Hanoi (VNA) – To soon bring the life back to normal, vaccines are believed to be the best solutio🅺n to protect people’s lives and help countries surmount the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam is working hard to negotiate with vaccine manufacturers so as to secure 150 million vaccine doses to achieve herd immunity in 2021.
To that end, apart from the State budget’s funding, a large number of individuals, businesses and organisations nationwide have made donations to the COVID-19 vaccine fund via official channels.
The website of the COVID-19 vaccine fund, via which donations can be made (Photo: Vietjet)
Besides transferring money to the fund’s bank accounts, donors can also donate via text messages or the website , which applies advanced technology to help connect collectives and individuals with the Government’s fund in a convenient and safe manner.
Contributions to the fund will help enhance Vietnam’s capability to import, develop, produce, and use COVID-19 vaccines on a large scale to benefit people across the country.
As of 5pm on June 14, 296,215 collectives and individuals had made donations of 5.08 trillion VND (221.36 million USD), including in foreign currencies, according to the fund’s management board.
A donation is made via the fund's website (Photo: Vietjet)
An estimated 25.2 trillion VND (1.09 billion USD) is needed to provide vaccination for the entire population of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance noted.
Minister Ho Duc Phoc said his ministry has earmarked more than 14 trillion VND from the State budget for the vaccination programme.
Added with contributions by collectives, individuals, and enterprises both at home and abroad, the existing resources for the task are now nearly sufficient, he added./.
The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, and in such a spirit, the Prime Minister on May 26 issued Resolution No 53/NQ-CP and Decision No 779/QD-TTg on the establishment of a COVID-19 national vaccine fund to receive, manage, and use donations in cash and kind to import, study, and produce vaccines at home, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.
The Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic on June 11 granted 500 million VND (21,720 USD), donated by the Vietnamese community in the country, to Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund.
The Vietnamese embassy in Japan on June 13 launched a fundraising campaign to collect money for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund in response to the call of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee on “National unity to fight COVID-19.”
The national COVID-19 vaccine fund has received more than 5.08 trillion VND (221.34 million USD) worth of donations from 296,215 organisations and individuals as of 5pm on June 14, according to the fund's management board.
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Donors at the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine fund on June 5 (Photo: Vietjet)
The website of the COVID-19 vaccine fund, via which donations can be made (Photo: Vietjet)
A donation is made via the fund's website (Photo: Vietjet)
