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Vietnam adds over 320 million USD to buy COVID-19 vaccines

The Vietnamese Government will spend an additional more than 7.65 trillion VND (320 million USD) on the purchase of 61 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Government will spendan additional more than 7.65 trillion VND (320 million USD) on the purchase of 61million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

According to a decision issued on June 30, Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh approved the funding supplement for the Ministry of Health’sprocurement of 30 million doses produced by AstraZeneca and 31 others byPfizer.

The additional fund will also be earmarked for thetransport, distribution and storage of as well as the purchase of vaccinationsupplies for vaccines sourced from the COVAX Facility and foreign funding andsponsorship.

The Ministry of Health is in charge of purchasing and usingCOVID-19 vaccines.

Vietnam has so far granted emergency use authorisation forfive vaccines - A2D1222 by AstraZeneca, Sputnik-V by Gamalaya, Comirnaty by Pfizer,Vero-Cell by Sinopharm, and Spikevax by Moderna./.
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