Donation campaign for China landslide victims

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-China Friendship Association (VCFA) on Sept. 7 launched a donation campaign for landslide victims in China’s northwest Gansu province.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-China Friendship Association (VCFA) on Sept. 7 launched a donation campaign for landslide victims in China’s northwest Gansu province.

VCFA Secretary General Nguyen Van My said the campaign, a vivid symbol of the Vietnamese-Chinese people’s traditional friendship, aims to ease some of the difficulties faced by people in Gansu province.

The deadly landslide that occurred in Zhouqu county, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu province on August 7, 2010 took the lives of 1,239 people and buried many houses, he said.

The campaign mobilised 972 million VND and 2,000 USD on the first day.

Donations can be sent to the VCFA at 105A Quan Thanh Street , Da Dinh district, Hanoi./.

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