Vietnamese, Korean businesses join efforts against COVID-19

A delegation of the Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA) on May 4 and 5 presented 5,300 face masks, along with 800 bottles of hand sanitiser, 20 cans of disinfectant and other necessities to border guards and staff working at COVID-19 check points in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.
Vietnamese, Korean businesses join efforts against COVID-19 ảnh 1The Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA) presents 2,300 masks, 150 bottles of hand sanitiser and medical supplies to Sa Pa Secondary School in Lao Cai province’s Sa Pa district. (Photo: VKBIA)

Hanoi (VNA)
– A delegation of the Vietnam-Korea Business and InvestmentAssociation (VKBIA) on May 4 and 5 presented 5,300 face masks, along with 800bottles of hand sanitiser, 20 cans of disinfectant and other necessities toborder guards and staff working at COVID-19 check points in the northernmountainous province of Lai Chau.

Theentrepreneurs also handed over 2,300 masks, 150 bottles of hand sanitiser andmedical supplies to Sa Pa Secondary School in Lao Cai province’s Sa Padistrict, where all the students are from ethnic minority groups.

Earlier,the delegation presented similar gifts to quarantine facilities, medicalcentres and military units in Ho Chi Minh City, the southern province of TayNinh and Quang Ninh province in the north.

Thisis part of a programme carried out by the association across Vietnam over thepast month, aiming to contribute to efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

VKBIAPresident Tran Hai Linh said the association wants to show the solidaritybetween the people of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK), thuscontributing to enhancing friendship and solidarity between the twocountries./.
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