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Hanoi calls for donations to COVID-19 vaccination programme

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Chairwoman of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Lan Huong have called on local organisations, businesses and people to donate to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Hanoi calls for donations to COVID-19 vaccination programme ảnh 1Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Chairwoman of thecity’s Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Lan Huong have called on local organisations,businesses and people to donate to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.

In a letter jointly issuedon June 16, Anh and Huong said they want organisations, businesses andresidents of Hanoi to share the responsibility with the city by contributingmoney and resources to the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines.

This aims to help the citysoon achieve herd immunity against the virus and bring life back to normal, theletter said.

This year, the COVID-19 pandemichas resurged with more complex and unpredictable developments, forcing the cityto drastically undertake comprehensive measures in order to fulfill the twingoals of combating the virus and sustaining economic growth, it said.

More than ever, theCOVID-19 fight needs support from the entire political system, businesscommunity and people in Hanoi to begin the local free vaccination campaign,poised as the long-term strategic solution for the current situation, it added.

Hanoi will host a showcalled “Hanoi chung tay hanh dong day lui dich COVID-19” (Hanoi joins hands tofight COVID-19) at the Friendship Culture Palace at 8:00pm on June 19. It willbe broadcast live./.
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