At the fund-raising event at the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (Photo: VNA) Geneva(VNA) – The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, the World TradeOrganisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, helda fundraising event on October 27 to support flood-hit people in the centralregion of Vietnam.
The event wasactively responded by all members of the mission and the Vietnamese communityin Switzerland despite difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing the event,Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai spoke highly of the assistance that the Vietnamesecommunity in Switzerland has given to disaster-hit people at home in responseto the call of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
She briefedparticipants on the serious impacts of the recent storms and floods to thecentral region as well as the support of the whole political system and peoplenationwide to the region to overcome the disasters’ consequences.
Earlier, theVietnamese community in Switzerland and the Au Lac Viet School – the Thai BinhAssociation also sent aid to affected residents in the central region.
The same day, theVietnamese Embassy in Thailand also called for assistance to people who havebeen affected by the historical floods in the central region.
Despite difficultiesdue to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnamesecommunity in Thailand has organised many fund-raising events to supportdisaster-hit people in the central region./.
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