Hanoi (VNA), June 17 -- President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on June 16 received 10 billion VND (some 431,700 USD) from the Republic of Korea's Hyosung Vietnam Co. Ltd. to Vietnam's COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Expressing gratitude for the donations of foreign companies in Vietnam, Chien described the support as a great encouragement for the country to push back the pandemic and resume production soon.

Chien said that in order to complete the goal of delivering COVID-19 vaccine to over 70 percent of its population, Vietnam needs 150 million doses of vaccine at an estimate cost of about 25.2 trillion VND (1.09 billion USD), with about 16 trillion VND coming from the central State budget and the remaind...