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RoK's bank supports over 200,000 USD for Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Vietnam Park Noh Wan and the country’s Shinhan Bank on March 31 presented 5 billion VND (213,000 USD) to Vietnam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
RoK's bank supports over 200,000 USD for Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight ảnh 1President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (third from right) receives Shinhan Bank's funding (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Vietnam Park NohWan and the country’s Shinhan Bank on March 31 presented 5 billion VND (213,000USD) to Vietnam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man thanked the diplomat and the bank's representatives for the support, and saidthat the money will contribute to Vietnam’s efforts to fight thepandemic.

Speaking of the RoKGovernment’s efforts in COVID-19 prevention and control, Man stated that manyRoK enterprises operating in Vietnam have donated to support the fight inVietnam, in response to the VFF Central Committee’s appeal.

He affirmed that thefundings will be allocated to buy essential equipment to serve treatment and toconcentrated quarantine areas and hospitals nationwide.

Ambassador Park saidthat over the past days, the two Governments and the two countries’ enterpriseshave taken measures to sovle difficulties caused by the pandemic.

He expressed hishope that with the support of the Shinhan Bank, Vietnam will have additionalresources to win over the pandemic, and bilateral trade, tourism andpeople-to-people exchanges will resume as normal./.
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