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Vingroup offers additional relief package in COVID-19 fight

Conglomerate Vingroup recently proposed a relief package worth 100 billion VND (4.23 million USD) to procure medical equipment and chemicals for testing of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.
Vingroup offers additional relief package in COVID-19 fight ảnh 1The signing ceremony between Vingroup and the  Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 under the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (Photo: vov.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – ConglomerateVingroup recently proposed a relief package worth 100 billion VND (4.23 millionUSD) to procure medical equipment and chemicals for testing of the novelcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.

Through the Vietnam Fatherland FrontCentral Committee, the firm presented 100 ventilators, 20 PCR equipment, 800test kits and 200 COVID-19 fast-tracking test kits produced by the Republic ofKorea.

Vingroup has to date allocated nearly 450billion VND to support the country’s fight against the COVID-19.

Previously, it earmarked an aid of 20billion VND to the Ministry of Science and Technology for three studies on COVID-19quick response and another worth 5 billion VND to the Ministry of Health.

The conglomerate also presented support tothe central province of Ha Tinh and the northern port city of Hai Phong in thewake of the pandemic./.
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