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Chinese Government donates 3rd batch of 3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines and syringes to Vietnam in December 2021

$54M USD

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Viet Nam
Country	Viet Nam
Start Date	Sep 11, 2021
End Date	Feb 26, 2026
Duration	1,629 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`100508`

Grant Description

In 2021 and 2022, the Chinese government donated several batches of Covid-19 vaccines to Vietnam.

On September 11, 2021, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged to donate another 3 million doses of vaccines to Vietnam by the end of the year. On December 30, 2021, the 3rd batch of vaccines as well as 3,302,400 syringes arrived in Vietnam. On April 8, 2022, the Chinese and Vietnamese governments officially held a handover ceremony for the donation.

The donation was made by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and delivered by the government of Guangxi Autonomous Region.

📋 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 December 2021 donation as $54 million.

📚 Sources & References

DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics
China donates additional 3.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Viet Nam
China Delivers 3.5 million COVID vaccine doses to Việt Nam
Guangxi to help deliver batches of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam
商务部与越南卫生部签署中国政府援助越南政府新冠疫苗交接证书
The Ministry of Commerce and the Vietnamese Ministry of Health signed a handover certificate for the Chinese government’s assistance to the Vietnamese government’s COVID-19 vaccine
Signing ceremony of handing over the third and fourth batches of vaccines funded by the Government of the People's Republic of China to the Government of Vietnam
China will donate an additional 3 million doses of vaccine to Vietnam Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.