The money was given by the working mission to the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to contribute to the Government's Vaccine Fund for The COVID-19 prevention and control by Mr. Nguyen Tuan Tung, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Member Board of the National Power Transmission Corporation.
Mr. Nguyen Tuan Tung (on the left) giving a donation of VND 3 billion to the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front for the Vaccine Fund
Funding for the COVID-19 prevention and control is both the kindheartedness and the obligation of each staff as well as employee of EVNNPT. With a sense of responsibility to join hands with the Government, ministries and in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, EVNNPT has called on all EVNNPT staffs and employees to make a contribution to the Fund.
Speaking at the reception, Mr. Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front affirmed: "The timely and practical contributions of EVN and its member units, including the National Power Transmission Corporation, have clearly demonstrated the pioneering role and responsibility of a large enterprise, joining hands with the State in performing socio-political tasks for the community, especially the implementation of the Party and the Government's policy on purchasing vaccine doses for the people of the country, contributing to repelling the COVID-19 pandemic.".
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The Ministry of Health calculates that Vietnam needs to buy 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 75 million people. Total cost is about VND 25,200 billion.
The Government's COVID-19 vaccine fund was established to mobilize the contributions by people and businesses to purchase, import, research and produce vaccines domestically and use them for COVID-19 prevention.
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