Vietnam Buddhist Sangha presents COVID-19 test kits to Nepal

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on June 14 presented 2,000 COVID-19 test kits worth 600 million VND (26,000 USD) to Nepal to aid the country’s COVID-19 fight.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)on June 14 presented 2,000 COVID-19 test kits worth 600 million VND (26,000USD) to Nepal to aid the country’s COVID-19 fight.

The donations were handed over to the Government andpeople of Nepal via Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador toIndia and Nepal Pham Sanh Chau.

Venerable Thich Nguyen Chinh, deputy head of the Officeof the VBS Central Committee, said the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed thousandsof lives and caused major economic losses to Nepalese people. The donationsfrom the VBS shows affection of Vietnamese Buddhist monks and followers for theNepalese, he said, adding that the VBS hopes Nepal will soon keep the pandemicat bay.

The VBS also raised fund for Nepalese people in 2015after the country was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake./.
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