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COVID-19 vaccine fund raises over US$321 million

by NDO24 June 2021 Last updated at 09:00 AM

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COVID-19 vaccine fund raises over US$321 million
Vaccination against COVID-19 in Hanoi. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)
VTV.vn - Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received over VND7.45 trillion (US$321.7 million) as of 5pm on June 23, the management board has reported.

The sum was donated by 338,346 individuals and organisations.

To ensure transparency and fairness, the management board of the fund has publicised all donor agencies and organisations, including both those that have transferred money or committed to doing so.

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

During the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam, the Van Thinh Phat Group and its affiliated companies and partners donated VND2 trillion for the plan to purchase vaccines in Vietnam in general and for Ho Chi Minh City in particular.

On the afternoon of June 23, a representative of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Sports Joint Stock Company awarded Cho Ray Hospital VND70 million to support COVID-19 prevention and control work. The sum was raised at anauction of a shirt of coach Kiatisak.