Vietnamese community abroad supports HCM City in fighting COVID-19

The Steve Bui and Friends Foundation on July 30 presented 30,000 N95 medical masks to Ho Chi Minh City to support the city in controlling COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese community abroad supports HCM City in fighting COVID-19 ảnh 1A representative of Steve Bui and Friends Foundation hands over 30,000 N95 medical masks to Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA)
– The Steve Bui and Friends Foundation on July 30 presented 30,000 N95 medical masks to Ho Chi Minh City to support the city in controlling COVID-19 pandemic.

The gift has been handed over to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of HCM City to deliver to Thu Duc city, Tan Binh district, the Medical Centre of District 6, and hospitals for COVID-19 treatment.

President of the foundation Steve Bui, an overseas Vietnamese in Japan, said that he hopes the present will help HCM City, the current biggest COVID-19 hotspot in Vietnam, to stem the pandemic.

The gift reflects the sentiments of the Vietnamese community abroad towards the city through the foundation, he said, expressing his wish that life in the city will resume to normal soon.

Vietnamese community abroad supports HCM City in fighting COVID-19 ảnh 2Steve Bui and Friends Foundation in HCM City has  presented the People’s Committee of District 7 12,000 sets of kits for rapid COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)

Besides, the Steve Bui and Friends Foundation in HCM City has also presented the People’s Committee of District 7 12,000 sets of kits for rapid COVID-19 testing with a total value of nearly 2 billion VND (87,228 USD).

The activities were in response to a letter from the Chairman of the HCM City Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs calling on the Vietnamese community abroad to join hands with the city in controlling COVID-19 pandemic./.
VNA

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