Banking sector, businesses hand over donations to COVID-19 vaccine fund
The Ministry of Health received financial assistance of 160 billion VND (over 6.9 million USD) from the banking sector and 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Vingroup at a ceremony on May 21.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health received financial assistance of 160 billion VND(over 6.9 million USD) from the banking sector and 4 million doses of COVID-19vaccines from Vingroup at a ceremony on May 21.
Addressing the ceremony, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that under thedirection of the Politburo, the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, theGovernment, the Prime Minister, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventionand Control, and the Ministry of Health, and with the involvement of the entirepolitical system, Vietnam has brought three outbreaks under control and isgradually controlling a fourth.
As part of efforts to access COVID-19 vaccines, the Ministry of Health haspromoted negotiations for purchases from foreign producers and suppliers.
At the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Commitments have been made so far to provide some 110 million doses to Vietnam thisyear, including 38.9 million from the COVAXFacility programme, 30 million from AstraZeneca, and 31 million fromPfizer/BioNTech. The ministry has also registered to purchase an additional 10million doses under a cost-sharing mechanism through the COVAX Facilityprogramme.
The ministry is continuing its efforts to secure 150 million doses to inoculate 75 percent of the population, henoted.
The minister expressed a hope that the banking sector will continue toaccompany the health sector in combating the pandemic.
The financial assistance and vaccines presented at the ceremony will be donatedto the COVID-19 vaccine fund, which will manage and coordinate finances for the sponsorship,purchase, and use of vaccines.
The fund’s operations fall under the supervision of State financial management institutionsand the State Audit Office of Vietnam.
It is obliged to report collections andspending to the Government and the National Assembly, and to publicisemobilised sources, lists of donors, and volume of vaccines on hand./.
Vietnam is expected to get 31 million COVID-19 vaccine doses developed by US-based firm Pfizer in the third and fourth quarters of 2021, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 19 held phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, during which he suggested that the UK consider the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology to Vietnam.
Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Vietnam, has granted an exclusive interview to the Vietnam News Agency on the Vietnamese government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and WHO’s support for Vietnam in the effort.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has approved the plan of using financial resources raised by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) for COVID-19 prevention and control to buy COIVD-19 vaccines.
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The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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At the ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
