CoronavirusVietnam launches $1.1bn COVID vaccine fund: 5 things to know
South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan donors chip into Hanoi's campaign
Health workers wait to be inoculated in March at the start of COVID-19 vaccination program in March. The country has launched a fund to finance the purchase of 120 million doses by year's end. © Reuters
TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer
June 4, 2021 19:52 JST
Updated on June 5, 2021 14:41 JST
HANOI -- Vietnam will launch a public fund to finance the country's effort to secure 120 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year, as the country's industrial northern provinces struggle to control the spread of infectious strains of the virus.