VOV.VN - Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced that the Japanese Government has decided to donate an additional one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over VND7.95 trillion (US$344.5 million) as of June 30 afternoon, its management board said.

Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received more than VND5.77 trillion (US$250.97 million) worth of donation from 321,783 organisations and individuals as of 5pm on June 18.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Chairwoman of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Lan Huong have called on local organisations, businesses and people to donate to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.

The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference held online on June 10.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia on June 7 launched a programme to raise funds for Vietnam's national COVID-19 vaccine fund in response to the call of the President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Nearly VND3.5 trillion (US$151.93 million) has been raised for the fight against COVID-19 via the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Ministry of Health since May 1.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a resolution approving in principle the establishment of a COVID-19 vaccine fund.