In response to the call of the President, the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, and the Ministry of Foreign Affair, the Vietnamese community in Russia has raised 10 million rubles (nearly US$150,000) to support the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 13 for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio.

VOV.VN - A large number of local artists based both domestically and abroad participated in a virtual concert held on August 8 in Hanoi, with the primary aim to raise funds for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia on July 27 received a cash donation worth MYR13,130, or about US$3,100, from the local Vietnamese women’s union to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

The Ministry of Finance and the management board of Vietnam's COVID-19 vaccine fund organised a ceremony on July 16 to receive more than VND81 billion (US$3.52 million) worth of donations from 18 organisations and individuals.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand held a ceremony on July 11 to receive nearly THB1.5 million (US$46,100) donated by the Vietnamese community in the country to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan hosted a ceremony on July 6 in order to receive donations of approximately VND1.3 billion for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund from various Japanese trade unions and companies where Vietnamese interns are working.

VOV.VN - Japan’s Aozora bank has decided to donate JPY5 million (US$45,000) to Vietnam’s recently established fund in support of its ongoing fight against COVID-19.

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

As of 5pm on June 28, the national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over VND7.8 trillion (US$338 million), its management board said.