Korean firm contributes VND10 billion to COVID-19 vaccine fund

Expressing gratitude for the donations of foreign companies in Vietnam, Chien described the support as a great encouragement for the country to push back the pandemic and resume production soon.

Chien said that in order to complete the goal of delivering COVID-19 vaccine to over 70% of its population, Vietnam needs 150 million doses of vaccine at an estimate cost of about VND25.2 trillion (US$1.09 billion), with about VND16 trillion coming from the central State budget and the remainder mobilised from local budgets, businesses, organisations and individuals.

So far, the fund has received over VND5 trillion (about US$219 million) from agencies, organisations, businesses and donors, he noted.

The VFF will allocate the resources in a most effective manner, he said, stressing the significance of the consensus and support of the community to the Party and State’s pandemic prevention and control policies.

Pham Minh Cao, chief representative of Hyosung Vietnam in the northern region, said that the firm hopes to join hands in fighting COVID-19 so that production and business activities will run normally.

Cao hoped that the company’s contribution will help Vietnam realise the target of conducting massive COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021 and assist pandemic-hit localities in buying medical equipment.

The same day, the VFF Central Committee also received VND1 billion from officials and employees of the Ministry of Construction to the COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Deputy Minister of Construction said that the contribution is part of the ministry’s response to the call from the Party, State and VFF in COVID-19 prevention and control.

Also on June 16, Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh received 596 million VND from the Trade Union of the Vietnam Television and VND200 million from the Echo Vietnam Co. Ltd. donated the COVID-19 vaccine fund, along with goods worth of VND19.1 million from Blossom21 project to support Tan Yen district of Bac Giang province, and VND58.5 million from the Vietnamese Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery to assist COVID-19 prevention and control activities.