Vietnam to spend additional USD329.2m on Covid-19 vaccines

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved an additional VND7.6 trillion (over USD329.2 million) for purchasing 61 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines produced by AstraZeneca and Pfizer.

The move followed the proposal of the ministries of Health and Finance.

 

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The vaccines consist of 30 million doses of AstraZeneca and 31 million doses of Pfizer.

Among the total funds for the vaccines, VND5.1 trillion would be sourced from the state budget, with the remainder from the National Covid-19 Vaccine Fund which was set up on May 26.

The Ministry of Health has been assigned to buy and use the vaccines. The ministry also needs to co-operate with the Ministry of Finance to report to the prime minister on the use of VND7.6 trillion for vaccine purchases.