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Korean firm contributes 10 billion VND to COVID-19 vaccine fund

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on June 16 received 10 billion VND (some 431,700 USD) from the Republic of Korea’s Hyosung Vietnam Co. Ltd. to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.
Korean firm contributes 10 billion VND to COVID-19 vaccine fund ảnh 1Representatives from Hyosung Vietnam hand over 10 billion VND to the VFF Central Committee to contribute to the COVID-19 vaccine fund (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on June 16 received 10 billion VND (some 431,700USD) from the Republic of Korea’s Hyosung Vietnam Co. Ltd. to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Expressing gratitude for the donations of foreign companiesin Vietnam, Chien described the support as a great encouragement for thecountry to push back the pandemic and resume production soon.

Chien said that in order to complete the goal of deliveringCOVID-19 vaccine to over 70 percent of its population, Vietnam needs 150million doses of vaccine at an estimate cost of about 25.2 trillion VND (1.09billion USD), with about 16 trillion VND coming from the central State budgetand the remainder mobilised from local budgets, businesses, organisations and individuals.

So far, the fund has received over 5 trillion VND (about 219million USD) from agencies, organisations, businesses and donors, he noted.

The VFF will allocate the resources in a most effectivemanner, he said, stressing the significance of the consensus and support ofthe community to the Party and State’s pandemic prevention and controlpolicies.

Pham Minh Cao, chief representative of Hyosung Vietnam in the northern region, said thatthe firm hopes to join hands in fighting COVID-19 so that production andbusiness activities will run normally.

Cao hoped that the company’s contribution will helpVietnam realise the target of conducting massive COVID-19 vaccinationsin 2021 and assist pandemic-hit localities in buying medical equipment.

The same day, the VFF Central Committee also received 1billion VND from officials and employees of the Ministry of Construction to theCOVID-19 vaccine fund.

Deputy Minister of Construction said that the contribution ispart of the ministry’s response to the call from the Party, State and VFF inCOVID-19 prevention and control.

Also on June 16, Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Truong Thi NgocAnh received 596 million VND from the Trade Union of the VietnamTelevision and 200 million VND from the Echo Vietnam Co. Ltd. donated the COVID-19 vaccine fund, along with goods worth of 19.1 million VND from Blossom21project to support Tan Yen district of Bac Giang province, and 58.5 million VNDfrom the Vietnamese Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery toassist COVID-19 prevention and control activities./.

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