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Vietnamese associations in RoK donate 3,000 face masks for COVID-19 fight

The Vietnam-Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) and the Vietnam - Korea Experts and Intellectuals Association (VKEIA) on April 9 presented 3,000 face masks to the Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea (RoK) to help them effectively fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese associations in RoK donate 3,000 face masks for COVID-19 fight ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Nguyen Vu Tu (R) receives a representative from the VKBIA 

Seoul (VNA) - The Vietnam-Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) and the Vietnam - Korea Experts and Intellectuals Association (VKEIA) on April9 presented 3,000 face masks to the Vietnamese community in the Republic ofKorea (RoK) to help them effectively fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Nguyen Vu Tu thanked the organisations for their assistance, stressing that itis a valuable contribution to overseas Vietnamese nationals living, workingand studying in the RoK amid the disease.

He said the embassy, through the Vietnamese Association in the RoK, willswiftly hand over the gifts to those most affected by the pandemic.

According to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), twoVietnamese expats in the Asian nation have been infected with COVID-19./.
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