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The VFF Central Committee on Tuesday received donations from many agencies, organisations and individuals at home and abroad. 
The COVID-19 vaccine fund had received more than 28 billion VND donated by organisations and individuals as of 4 pm on Tuesday, the State Treasury of Vietnam said.
Vo Thanh Hung, head of the State Budget Department under the finance ministry, said the Ministry of Health had estimated that Vietnam needs 150 million vaccine doses to inoculate around 75 percent of its population, with total cost amounting to some 25.2 trillion VND.
The huge cost requires contributions by organisations and individuals at home and abroad, apart from the State budget, he stressed.
The fund is set up to receive, manage, and use donations and assistance from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals, along with other legal sources, for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and import, research and production in the country, and the provision of vaccines for people.