Health Ministry receives 21 billion VND in donation to vaccine purchase fund
The Health Ministry received 21 billion VND (over 912,400 USD) donated by enterprises to the ministry’s fund for purchasing COVID-19 vaccine at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 5.
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long (fifth from left) receives the donation from the donors (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)
Hanoi, (VNA) – The Health Ministry received 21 billion VND (over912,400 USD) donated by enterprises to the ministry’s fund for purchasingCOVID-19 vaccine at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 5.
The donors were the Thaiholdings JSC and the Lien Viet PostBank.
At the ceremony, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long hailed theenterprises for their donation, stressing that buying vaccine is one of the toppriority tasks of the health sector so that people’s life and other activitiescan return to normal.
The Party and State recognize the efforts and contributions of allorganisations and individuals in the fight against the pandemic.
The minister informed that Vietnam has signed a contract with the AstraZenecaof the UK to buy COVID-19 vaccine, and the first batch is expected to arrive inthe country late February or early March. By June there will be around 30million doses of the vaccine to carry out vaccination.
The Health Ministry is still continuing to hold talks with otherpartners to buy more vaccine, he said, adding that it is also pushing theresearch and production of domestic vaccine, with positive progress./.
A ceremony was held at the Hanoi Medical University on January 21 to kick-start clinical trials of COVIVAC, Vietnam’s second COVID-19 vaccine candidate and developed based on the new highly-infectious coronavirus variants.
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Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong on February 1 signed a decision approving the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to the urgent need for prevention and control of the pandemic.
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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.
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long (fifth from left) receives the donation from the donors (Photo: nhandan.com.vn) 
