Banks donate big to fund COVID-19 vaccine procurement
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) on May 26 donated a total of 38 billion VND (nearly 1.65 million USD) to finance the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines in 10 cities and provinces.
A worker at an industrial park in Hai Phong city has sample taken for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Tradeof Vietnam (Vietcombank) on May 26 donated a total of 38 billion VND (nearly1.65 million USD) to finance the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines in 10 cities andprovinces.
Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City received 5 billion VNDeach while Da Nang, Vinh Phuc, Dien Bien, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, and Lang Sonwere each given 3 billion VND.
Vietcombank was the most recent to fund vaccine procurement inresponse to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s call for domestic lenders tocontribute resources to the COVID-19 fight.
It joined three other banks - BIDV, Vietinbank and Agribank - indonating a combined 100 billion VND to help the country purchase more vaccines.
Additionally, HDbank, the Sovico Group, and SHB have contributed a totalof 75 billion VND to the COVID-19 vaccine fund, while the T&T Group hasdonated one million doses of vaccine.
The SBV has raised some 500 billion VND to help the country’s COVID-19relief efforts, according to Governor Nguyen Thi Hong.
The fourth batch of AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’sTan Son Nhat International Airport on May 25, bringing the total number of dosesdelivered to Vietnam by the UK-based pharmaceutical firm to 2.9 million.
By the end of 2021, Vietnam will have received about 110 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, including 38.9 million under the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX), 30 million from AstraZeneca, and 31 million from Pfizer/BioNTech.
However, the ministry targeted having enough 150 million doses to inoculate 75 percent of the Vietnamese population as directed by the Politburo and the Government.
As of May 25, the country had administered over 1.03 million shots, primarilyto frontline workers./.
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.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 25 received 125 billion VND (5.4 million USD), 1 million USD, and 1 million vaccine doses donated by enterprises for the COVID-19 vaccine purchase and inoculation fund.
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The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
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A worker at an industrial park in Hai Phong city has sample taken for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) 
