Front pledges transparent funding allocation in support of COVID-19 fight

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) will remain open and transparent in allocating money and goods it has received to promptly support those on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The statement was made by President of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 20 to receive 100 million VND (4,260 USD) from the Hanoi Open University and 162 million VND in cash and 308 million VND worth of goods from the Vietnam Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Association.

Man expressed his gratitude to the donors for working with the Party, State and Government to fight the disease.

On the same day, the VFF chapter in An Giang province and the province’s Central General Hospital received 500 SARS-CoV-2 test kits from the Vietnamese Young Entrepreneurs’ Association to serve the locality’s COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

Head of the An Giang chapter of the Vietnamese Young Entrepreneurs’ Association Nguyen Thanh Viet said that responding to the VFF Central Committee’s appeal, the An Giang chapter had raised 100 million VND from its members to support the fight.

According to the An Giang VFF chapter, the province has so far received 13 billion VND from organisations, individuals, businesses and religious organisations in support of those affected by the pandemic, and drought and saline intrusion. In addition, 15 “rice ATMs” with about 60 tonnes of the grain have been installed in the locality to assist disadvantaged people.

Meanwhile, president of the VFF Quang Binh chapter Pham Thi Han said it has received and allocated money and goods totalling 13.3 billion VND to support people affected by the pandemic and health workers on the front line./.