Vietnam vaccine fund secures Samsung and Toyota donations

Foreign companies heed call to donate as country struggles to contain outbreaks

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With more than 6,000 Vietnamese falling ill in the new COVID-19 wave, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 5 launched a vaccine fund. (Source photos by Reuters and VGP)

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Samsung Electronics and Toyota Motor are among Vietnam's leading international investors that have made contributions to a new COVID-19 vaccine fund launched by Hanoi, a key link in the global tech supply chain.

As the country fights a rise in coronavirus infections, multinational manufacturers from South Korea, Japan and Taiwan with operations in Vietnam are on the list of major foreign donors that have heeded a call from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for donations from foreign and domestic organizations and individuals.

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