Minister of Heath Nguyen Thanh Long on May 28 received VND185 billion (US$8.01 million) in donations from businesses for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on May 28 held an online meeting with representatives of Zuellig Pharma that has partnered with Moderna Inc. of the United States to supply Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Asia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged 173 new coronavirus cases during the past six hours, raising its 20-hour caseload to 253, with most cases detected in Bac Giang province, the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has yet to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign citizens residing and working in the country, but a spokesperson for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has said that these vaccinations will be considered moving forward.

VOV.VN - The United States will assist countries, including Vietnam, to get access to a roll-out of its 80 million doses through the United Nation-managed COVAX Facility and other partners.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has appealed to people both at home and abroad, businesses, and organisations to make material and spiritual donations to the fight against COVID-19.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has donated VND30 billion (US$1.3 million) to the COVID-19 vaccine fund in a bid to join hands with the nation to fight the pandemic as well as to ensure social welfare and people’s well-being.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces have initiated plans to provide local workers with approximately 240,000 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses to curb the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among the community.

VOV.VN - Various agencies, businesses, and other benefactors on May 27 donated more than VND12.5 billion to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), Hanoi chapter, to help bolster COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

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