Overseas Vietnamese support COVID-19 fight in homeland

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in many countries have donated money to help with the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland.
Overseas Vietnamese support COVID-19 fight in homeland ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in many countries have donated moneyto help with the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland.

Ata ceremony in Hanoi on May 19, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) Dang Minh Khoi handed over 4.6billion VND (nearly 197,000 USD) presented by individuals and organisations ofOVs to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

Also at the ceremony, the COVA received 50,000 face masks that the VFF CentralCommittee sent to OVs in the US who are facing difficulties due to thepandemic.

DeputyFM Khoi said OVs all over the world have warmly responded to the call of PartyGeneral Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, the appeal of the Presidium ofthe VFF Central Committee and the directive of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc,and raised support for efforts to fight COVID-19 in Vietnam.

He stressed that the meaningful support reflects the tradition of solidarity,the patriotic spirit and the compassion of the OV community abroad.

Presidentof the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man announced that the VFF has so farreceived over 2 trillion VND worth of support in both cash and kind donated byagencies, businesses, organisations and individuals both in and outside thecountry.

Initialstatistics of the COVA showed OVs have donated more than 34 billion VND andlarge volume of medical supplies as of May 19./.

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