Vax donors, big and small, pitch inA man looks at a display screen in an elevator asking for public donations to Vietnam's national fund for a Covid-19 vaccine in Hanoi on June 8, as the country struggles to contain a new virus wave. A big chunk of the rest of the contributions comes from the government, leaving just a little more to raise to meet the goal of the Vietnam Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019. The 25.2 trillion dong cost for this, estimated by the Ministry of Finance, is reflected in the fundraising target of the vaccination fund. Contributors to Vietnam's vaccine fund have been a wide mix of people and groups, and include local business conglomerates as well as foreign ones like Samsung (40 billion dong) and Toyota (10 billion dong). A review of the vaccine fund contributions shows that more than 200 local and foreign business outfits accounted for some 90% of the total contributions.

Source: Bangkok Post August 25, 2021 23:37 UTC