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Vinacomin aids COVID-19 combat in localities

The Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has provided practical support for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic since early August.
Vinacomin aids COVID-19 combat in localities ảnh 1Vinacomin presents 300 million VND to Bach Mai hospital’s intensive care centre in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Vinacomin)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries Group(Vinacomin) has provided practical support for the fightagainst COVID-19 pandemic since early August.

On August 31, Vinacomin handed over three ambulances to theVietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hanoi, to be used in the COVID-19 prevention and control work.

Earlier, the group donated 300 million VND (13,000 USD) to the Bach Mai hospital’sintensive care centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Additionally, it presented 9 billion VND to the northernprovince of Quang Ninh, including 7 billion VND to buy equipment for Real TimeRT-PCR testing and 2 billion VND to purchase test kits.

The group also donated 15.5 billion VND to help with efforts to curb the spread of the pandemic in many localities, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong.

Besides supporting localities, Vinacomin has contributed 200 billion VND to thenational COVID-19 vaccine fund./.

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