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Additional VND14.620 trillion allocated towards COVID-19 prevention efforts

by NDO01 October 2021 Last updated at 11:29 AM

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Health workers are taking samples to test for COVID-19.

VTV.vn - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed a resolution on providing an additional VND14.620 trillion (US$643 million) for the battle against COVID-19.

The funding has been sourced from cuts in public expenditure from the central budget in 2021.

It includes savings from regular expenditure on national target programmes, conference and business trip fees, reduced spending on debt servicing and the budget for supporting people affected by COVID-19 transferred from 2020 to 2021.

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