At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: vov.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - Copper Mountain Energy andHwaseung Vina LLC have presented medical equipment to Vietnamese citizens inthe Republic of Korea (RoK) to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Including 25,000 face masks, the equipment was handedover to the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs at a ceremony inHanoi on June 2.
Nguyen Hoanh Nam, Deputy Head of the Committee, laudedthe good deed in the context of the pandemic, saying that contributions to thefight reflect the social responsibility of enterprises.
Support from domestic agencies, collectives, andindividuals for overseas Vietnamese also demonstrates national unity andcontributes to affirming that the Vietnamese community in other countries formsan integral part of the Vietnamese nation, he stressed.
According to the Committee, Vietnamese collectives andindividuals abroad have sent more than 34 billion VND (nearly 1.5 million USD) aswell as medical equipment to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee,the Vietnam Red Cross Society, and a number of hospitals that are providingtreatment to COVID-19 patients.
The Vietnamese community in the RoK also contributedmore than 160 million VND in support of the pandemic fight./.
VNA
