According to the deputy head of the team Nguyen Thuy Anh, over 236 trillion VND (10.2 billion USD) were raised for pandemic prevention and control as of December 31, 2022, more than 189 trillion VND of which were from the State budget and the remainder from other sources, mostly vaccines.
The supervisory team highlighted the expansion of the network of grassroots healthcare facilities nationwide, contributing to many healthcare achievements of Vietnam, such as the control of SARS and A(H1N1), as well as COVID-19. The team, however, said investment in grassroots health care and preventive medicine has failed to meet requirements.
In addition, the supervisory team pointed out outstanding problems in the work, saying that the current legal system fails to regulate all arising issues and situations during the pandemic and those arising issues have not been handled promptly. Besides, several serious wrongdoings have been found in the mobilisation, management and use of resources.
The team also proposed solutions to the problems, suggesting the legislature issue a resolution on the need to amend and supplement existing laws or build new laws related to grassroots and preventive healthcare, civil defence, and state of emergency.
