Hanoi is calling for financial support from the people, businesses, and organizations to aid the city’s Covid-19 vaccination drive.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh made the statement in a live television program themed “Hanoi joins hands in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic” held on June 19.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh at the event. Photos: Kinhtedothi

“The donation will not only help Hanoi have more resources for Covid-19 vaccines purchase but also contribute to a healthy and safe living environment,” Anh added.

“Hanoi targets to ensure the majority of local people having vaccinated as soon as possible and bringing social life back to normal,” the city’s mayor said.

Anh stressed his belief that the joint effort from the community is the key for Hanoi to soon overcome the pandemic.

“We aim to turn challenges and difficulties from the pandemic into the gauge of the city’s solidarity and determination in realizing the goal of every citizen to be vaccinated,” he stressed.

Overview of the event.

As the program ended, Hanoi received VND1.7 trillion (US$73.8 million) and 2.5 million vaccine doses from donators. 

Members of the Hanoi Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Hanoisme) donated a total of VND83.5 billion (US$3.61 million) and 500.000 Covid-19 vaccine doses for the vaccination drive initiated by Hanoi’s authorities. They included T&T Group with VND30 billion ($1.3 million) and 500 million doses, Tan Hoang Minh Group and its branch in Hanoi with VND20 billion ($866 million), and Geleximco VND10 billion ($433 million).

As of June 17, the non-profit Vietnam Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (VFVC) has received a total of VND5.7 trillion (US$249 million).

Vietnam needs approximately VND25.2 trillion (US$1.1 billion), including VND16 trillion (US$693 million) from the State budget, to acquire 150 million vaccine doses, which is expected to help the country achieve herd immunization in 2022.