Consulates General, foreign enterprises in HCM City support COVID-19 fight
HCM City (VNA) - The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a
ceremony to receive donations including 5 billion VND (217,773 USD) and 75,000 medical masks from a number of Consulates General and foreign
enterprises in the locality for the city's COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
To Thi Bich Chau, Chairwoman of
the committee, acknowledged and appreciated the support and vowed to use the donated money and medical masks in a right and transparent way.
Speaking at the ceremony, Watanabe
Nobuhiro, Consul General of Japan to Ho Chi Minh City, expressed that the
support and contributions by the Japanese Government, businesses and people
have been warmly received by Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular,
hoping that they would contribute to the success of the COVID-19 fight in the country.
On behalf of the Republic of Korea's businesses in the city, Shon
Young Il, Chairman of the Korean Business Association (KORCHAM), affirmed that
Korean businesses in the locality always support and highly value the COVID-19 prevention
and control measures of HCM City and the Government of Vietnam. He stressed that Korean companies wish to contribute to
this fight./.