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Vietnamese communities abroad join hands in COVID-19 fight

Vietnamese communities abroad have actively joined hands in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland by contributing financial assistance, and medical supplies and equipment, according to Vice Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Luong Thanh Nghi.
Vietnamese communities abroad join hands in COVID-19 fight ảnh 1Businessman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen donates 25 billion VND to the fight against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese communities abroadhave actively joined hands in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland by contributing financial assistance,and medical supplies and equipment, according to Vice Chairman of the StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Luong Thanh Nghi.
Accordingly, Vietnamese people living,studying and working in Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia donated nearly80,000 face masks, hundreds of bottles of antiseptic, protective gears and medical gloves to help the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s Son Loi commune andhospitals in Hanoi to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notably, businessman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, an overseas Vietnamese (OV) in the Philippines, donated 25 billion VND. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thi Minh Hong from Germanpresented equipment to install two negativepressure rooms for a COVID-19 treatment hospital in HCM City’s Cu Chi district.She is expected to donate equipment for 10 more similar rooms to health facilities in other localitiesnationwide.
Tran Ngoc Phuc, Chairman of theVietnamese Association in Japan, Director of Metran Co. Ltd, transferred technology and helped Vietnamese partners produceventilators at low prices.
Chairman of the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in the UK Pham Minh Nam and Truong Thi Thu Huong, an OV in China, also donated 1 billion VND each to the effort.
Nghi said that many Vietnamese intellectuals living abroad have proposedinitiatives and technological solutions to the prevention work, adding that Vietnameseassociations and individuals in France the US, and other countries have also organised fundraising activities to help people in the homeland.

While highlighting the importance of the contributions, Nghi affirmed that OVs have served as bridges to promote the friendship between Vietnam and othercountries in the world, and Vietnam's extensive international integration./.
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