Rice, devices provided to three provinces to aid COVID-19 fight

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Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed decisions to allocate rice, tents and electricity generators from the national reserves to Gia Lai, Binh Phuoc and Soc Trang province to support people affected by the epidemic and serve the localities' COVID-19 prevention and control.

Specifically, Decision 1499/QD-TTg assigns the Finance Ministry to grant 208,875 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to Gia Lai province to distribute to  people affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

Gia Lai is required to provide distribute the rice to the right people in a timely manner according to regulations and in line with local epidemic prevention and control.

Under  Decision1500/QD-TTg, the Deputy Prime Minister also assigned the Ministry of Finance to provide tents and generators from the national reserve to the People's Committees of Binh Phuoc and Soc Trang provinces. Each province receives 30 sets of canvas houses and two sets of 30 KVA generators.

The local government of two provinces Binh Phuoc and Soc Trang are required to manage and use the devices in accordance with regulations./.

VNA