(VOVWORLD) - As of 5pm on Monday, the national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received 338 million USD, its management board said.
 AEON Corporation of Japan donates one million USD to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund. (Photo: VNA) |
The money was donated by more than 352,000 organisations and individuals.
The board has opened 21 bank accounts for donations in VND, USD and euro at the State Treasury of Vietnam and six commercial banks. Details about the fund and the accounts are made public on mass media daily.
Vietnam will need 1.1 billion USD to buy 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate 75 million people this year in order to achieve herd immunity.