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Vietnam Buddhist Sangha presents six ventilators to HCM City

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has presented Ho Chi Minh City with six multi-function ventilators worth over 4 billion VND (173,582 USD) to support the city in COVID-19 fight.
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha presents six ventilators to HCM City ảnh 1Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon hands over the multi-function ventilators to Nguyen Thi Le, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairwoman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)has presented Ho Chi Minh City with six multi-function ventilators worth over 4billion VND (173,582 USD) to support the city in COVID-19 fight.

Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon, Chairman the VBS’s ExecutiveCouncil, handed over the gift to Nguyen Thi Le, Deputy Secretary of the cityParty Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council during a ceremonyon July 23.

Addressing the event, Venerable Thich Thien Nhon said thathe hopes the ventilators, bought with the support of Buddhist dignitaries andfollowers across the country, will help the city in treating COVID-19 patients.

Along with HCM City, the VBS Central Committee has alsopresented Binh Duong and Long An with two ventilators each.

Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon expressed his wish that the support will contribute to helping the localities overcome the pandemic soon.

For her part, Le thanked the VBS for assisting the city inCOVID-19 prevention and control, both materially and spiritually.

She noted that many Buddhist monks and followers havevolunteered to join frontline forces of the combat in hospitalsacross the city.

Underlining that the support showed the Vietnamese Buddhism's tradition ofsolidarity with the nation, Le affirmed that themedical equipment will be a great help for the city in saving COVID-19patients, thus soon bringing the city back to normal./.
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