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Overview

Chinese Government donates 4th batch of COVID-19 vaccines and syringes to Vietnam in April 2022

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,504,272
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•Viet NamDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Viet NamSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 8, 2022
Start (actual)
Apr 8, 2022
End (actual)
Apr 8, 2022

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Viet Nam

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 4th batch of COVID-19 vaccines and syringes to Vietnam in April 2022

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 8, 2022, the Chinese Government provided a 4th batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam. The purpose of this donation was to improve COVID-19 response efforts in Vietnam. The delivery of these supplies was made in two batches with the first one comprising 3 million vaccine doses and 3.3 million syringes, and the second one comprising 500,000 vaccine doses along with 550,400 syringes. The Guangxi Autonomous Region was responsible for delivery of the medical supplies. A virtual handover ceremony was held for this donation. Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health, Tran Van Thuan, and Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce, Qian Keming, attended the ceremony.

Staff comments

1. According to the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard, the price of a single Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine dose is $18 (https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DCD/DAC/STAT(2022)33&docLanguage=En). As such, AidData has estimated the monetary value of the January 2022 donation as $9 million.