Spokesperson: foreign businesses actively, voluntarily contribute to COVID-19 vaccine fund
The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, and in such a spirit, the Prime Minister on May 26 issued Resolution No 53/NQ-CP and Decision No 779/QD-TTg on the establishment of a COVID-19 national vaccine fund to receive, manage, and use donations in cash and kind to import, study, and produce vaccines at home, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.
At the ceremony to launch the national COVID-19 vaccine fund (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) ﷽- The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, and in such a spirit, the Prime Minister on May 26 issued Resolution No 53/NQ-CP and Decision No 779/QD-TTg on the establishment of a COVID-19 national vaccine fund to receive, manage, and use donations in cash and kind to import, study, and produce vaccines at home, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.
At the ministry’s regular press conference, held online on June 10, Hang said the fund has so far received active and voluntary contributions from Vietnamese and foreign firms operating in the country as well as from the public. She stressed that Vietnam has set the goal of early vaccinating its entire population forfree to achieve herd immunity, considering this a basic, long-term, decisive,and strategic solution to escape from the COVID-19 pandemic. Towards the goal, theNational Assembly has decided to spend about 12 trillion VND from annual budgetsavings to buy COVID-19 vaccines. The spokesperson stressed that the Party, State, and Government treasure all contributions from the public and companiesand will oversee the fund’s operations in a transparent manner in line with thelaw, for the sake of people’s health and well-being and stable production atenterprises, including foreign-invested enterprises./.
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At the ceremony to launch the national COVID-19 vaccine fund (Photo: VNA) 
