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Vietnamese students in RoK receive support to fight COVID-19

The Vietnamese Students' Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) (VSAK) has swiftly taken measures to support students amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic in the country.
Vietnamese students in RoK receive support to fight COVID-19 ảnh 1Vietnamese students in RoK receive support to fight COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)

Seoul (VNA) – The VietnameseStudents' Association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) (VSAK) has swiftly taken measures to supportstudents amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19epidemic in the country.

VSAK Chairman Tran Thien Quang said the association has constantly updatedinformation related to the epidemic, and disseminated disease preventioninstructions on its fan page and website.

The association collected information on Vietnamese students in the RoK’s epidemic-hit areas - Daegu and North Gyeongsang, andpassed on the information to the Vietnamese Embassy in the country and localauthority, in order to work out plans to provide suitable assistance to thestudents.

A fund-raising programme was launched on March 3 to support Vietnamese studentin the country, especially those in Daegu and North Gyeongsang, he said.

Additionally, the association has also used its own budget, and cooperated withorganizations of Vietnamese people in the RoK to support the students inepidemic-hit areas.

According to statistics of the National Institute for International Education (NIIED)of the RoK, Vietnam ranked second globally in the number of students inthe RoK with 37,500 people, accounting for 23.4 percent of the total 160,000 foreignstudents here. About 3,500 Vietnamese students are pursuing their study in Daeguand North Gyeongsang./.


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