Vietnamese expats in Australia join anti-pandemic efforts at home

The Vietnamese community in Australia has raised funds in support of the fight against COVID-19 in their homeland.

A volunteer injected with Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

Sydney (VNA) – The Vietnamese community in Australiahas raised funds in support of the fight against COVID-19 in their homeland.  

The Vietnamese entrepreneurs’ club in Australia collected 430 million VND (18,570 USD) within one week to assist the combat.

Meanwhile, the Vietnamese students’ association saidit has raised funds worth 17.5 million VND and will continue to call for donationsfrom overseas Vietnamese in the time ahead.

Many Vietnamese citizens and associations have also directlysent their donations to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.

As of 6pm on June 16, Vietnam logged a total of 9,980local infections and 1,655 imported. There were 8,410 new cases from April 27when the fourth wave of the pandemic began, 1,816 of them were given theall-clear.

There were additional 155 COVID-12 cases in the pastsix hours to 6pm on June 16, 149 of them were found in quarantine andlocked-down areas and the remaining were imported, reported the HealthMinistry./.

VNA

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