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Funds raised by VFF to be used for COVID-19 vaccine purchase

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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Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai hasapproved the plan of using financial resources raised by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)for COVID-19 prevention and control to buy COIVD-19 vaccines.

In Dispatch No. 3295/VPCP-KTTH, the Deputy PM asked the VFFto coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to implement the plan, whileinstructing its chapters in cities and provinces to collaborate withlocal Departments of Finance to transfer all the received donations to the Statebudget for COVID-19 vaccine purchasing.

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Defence wererequested to make balance on the allocated resources and bear theresponsibility for reviewing the implementation of the scheme in line with the lawrelated to the State budget, thus avoiding the overlapping of beneficiaries.

Deputy PM Khai also underlined the need to allocate, manage,use and balance of the resources in an open, transparent, economical andeffective manner to the right groups of beneficiaries./.
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