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Vietnamese communities abroad join hands in Covid-19 fight

Updated: 08:26, 05/04/2020
Vietnamese communities abroad have actively joined hands in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the homeland by contributing financial assistance, and medical supplies and equipment, according to Vice Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Luong Thanh Nghi.

Accordingly, Vietnamese people living, studying and working in Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia donated nearly 80,000 face masks, hundreds of bottles of antiseptic, protective gears and medical gloves to help the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s Son Loi commune and hospitals in Hanoi to prevent and control the Covid - 19 pandemic.

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Businessman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen donates 25 billion VND to the fight against Covid-19.

Notably, businessman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, an overseas Vietnamese (OV) in the Philippines, donated 25 billion VND. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thi Minh Hong from German presented equipment to install two negative pressure rooms for a Covid - 19 treatment hospital in HCM City’s Cu Chi district. She is expected to donate equipment for 10 more similar rooms to health facilities in other localities nationwide.

Tran Ngoc Phuc, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Japan, Director of Metran Co. Ltd, transferred technology and helped Vietnamese partners produce ventilators at low prices.

Chairman of the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in the UK Pham Minh Nam and Truong Thi Thu Huong, an OV in China, also donated 1 billion VND each to the effort.

Nghi said that many Vietnamese intellectuals living abroad have proposed initiatives and technological solutions to the prevention work, adding that Vietnamese associations and individuals in France the US, and other countries have also organised fundraising activities to help people in the homeland.

While highlighting the importance of the contributions, Nghi affirmed that OVs have served as bridges to promote the friendship between Vietnam and other countries in the world, and Vietnam's extensive international integration.

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(BGO) – The Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) in Bac Giang province on March 27 coordinated to receive the donated expenses for Covid-19 fight given by Cong Minh Trading Company Limited (Cong Minh Co.,Ltd).
Bac Giang reviews and grasps situation of foreign workers quarantined due to Covid-19 suspicion
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PPC Chairman Duong Van Thai urges to early detect suspected cases for isolation, localize to fight Covid-19
(BGO)- The provincial People’s Committee (PPC) of Bac Giang province on 26 March held an online meeting with the districts and city to review the fight against Covid-19 and assign tasks for coming time. PPC Chairman Duong Van Thai, Head of the provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and control chaired the meeting. 

Source: VNA


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