Overview

Chinese Ministry of Defense donates 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines and 201,600 single use syringes

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,319,710

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Viet NamSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Aug 17, 2021

End (actual): Aug 23, 2021

Geospatial footprint

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Nội Bài International Airport in Hanoi, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37376190

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

Central Military Commission (China)
China Ministry of National Defense

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Vietnam Ministry of National Defense

Loan desecription

Chinese Ministry of Defense donates 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines and 201,600 single use syringes

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 17, 2021, the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense received notification of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines and 201,600 single use syringes to be donated by the Chinese Ministry of Defense. The vaccines arrived on August 23, 2021. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. Hoàng Xuân Chiến, Vietnamese deputy defense minister and member of the Government’s working group on COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy, and Chinese ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, chaired the reception ceremony at Nội Bài International Airport in Hanoi. This was the first donation of vaccines Vietnam received from a foreign government.

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