The scene of the fire (Source: Kyivpost) Hanoi (VNA) – Many newspapers of Ukrainehave reported on the financial assistance of the Vietnamese community in thecountry for local victims of a fire in Odessa in December last year.
Migratsia newspaper under the Ukrainian State Committee of Nationalities and Migration has ran an articlehighlighting the visit by representatives of the Vietnamese community toHradenisty on February 25 to present nearly 2,000 USD to relatives of SergeyShatokhin – a firefighter who passed away while doing his task in thefire.
The newspaper cited Chairman of the Vietnamese Association inOdessa Nguyen Nhu Manh as saying that overseas Vietnamese in Odessa see thecountry as their second home so they are never indifferent to any incident orevent involving local people.
Wife of the firefighter Lyudmila Shatokhina expressedher appreciation for the donation from theVietnamese community, it said.
According to Migratsia, the Vietnamese community in Odessa raised 30,000 UAH (1,226 USD) to supportthe rescue operation.
Meanwhile, local electronic newspapers Znajut Vsi and Delovaja Odessa have alsoreported on the above-mentioned visit, and another one by the community to thefamily of Anna Bortyuk– a collegeteacher who died while evacuating students during the fire./.
VNA
