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Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) received 152,000 medical masks and 10,000 bottles of sanitiser from Prudential Vietnam Assurance on April 22 to help doctors and medical staff tackle COVID-19.

Worth a total of 1 billion VND (42,000 USD), the donations will keep medical staff, patients, and volunteers safe at ten hospitals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 fight in Hanoi and HCM City.

VNRC President Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu highlighted Prudential Vietnam’s participation in VNRC’s community charity campaigns and said the donations are part of its contribution to ensuring sustainable development in Vietnam.

Vietnamese medical workers have received a huge degree of support from the community in recent times, she went on, expressing a hope that the country would soon see the end of the pandemic from the joint efforts of the Party, the State, and the Vietnamese people.

For his part, Prudential Vietnam Assurance CEO Clive Baker expressed his gratitude towards the Government, Vietnamese doctors and medical staff, and others engaged in the fight against COVID-19 fight for their resilience in recent times.

Prudential Vietnam wishes to continue accompanying VNRC in community activities, realising its motto of “Act for a healthy and prosperous community”, he said.

VNRC launched a COVID-19 prevention and control programme in April, calling on everyone to provide support to doctors and medical workers in the fight against COVID-19.

VNRC and the Global Healthcare Company Abbott earlier presented 27,600 bottles of milk to doctors and medical workers at 22 hospitals nationwide./.
VNA