More donors contribute to national COVID-19 vaccine fund
The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over VND6.6 billion from 17 sponsors at a ceremony on June 24.
Among the donors, Tan Viet Securities JSC contributed over VND3.3 billion, Fubon Vietnam Insurance Co. Ltd VND1 billion, Hoa Linh Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd VND500 million, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development VND500 million.
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 VND7.5 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 VND22.5 trillion to buy 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate 75 million people in order to achieve herd immunity.
