Rice aid comes for Vietnamese-Cambodians under COVID-19 lockdown

The first rice packages to help Vietnamese-Cambodian families living in areas under lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, arrived in Preah Sihanouk city of the province of the same name on April 25.
Rice aid comes for Vietnamese-Cambodians under COVID-19 lockdown ảnh 1Vietnamese-Cambodian families in Tumnup Rolok receive the aid (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The first rice packages to help Vietnamese-Cambodian families living inareas under lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, arrived in Preah Sihanoukcity of the province of the same name on April 25.

The Cambodian provincehas been put under a lockdown since April 23 in an attempt to contain thespread of COVID-19 in the community.

President of theKhmer-Vietnam association in Preah Sihanouk Tran Van Nam earlier informed theVietnamese Consulate General in the Cambodian province that manyVietnamese-Cambodians in Tumnup Rolok are facing food shortage. The residentialarea has been under quarantine for nearly one month since late March.

Rice aid comes for Vietnamese-Cambodians under COVID-19 lockdown ảnh 2Vietnamese General Consul Vu Ngoc Ly (first from right) presents the aid to the Vietnamese-Cambodians (Photo: VNA)
With support fromrelevant agencies in Cambodia, the Consulate General delivered the rice aid to50 disadvantaged families in Tumnup Rolok on April 25. Beneficiaries were askedto follow health guidelines when receiving the aid.

Preah Sihanoukauthorities and its Red Cross Society will soon distribute food free of chargeto all residents in lockdown areas, Vietnamese General Consul Vu Ngoc Ly said.

There are no reportson Vietnamese-Cambodians contracted with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in PreahSihanouk, according to the Consulate General./.
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