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Foreign firms, people aid HCM City in COVID-19 fight

Indonesian businesses and nationals have presented 169 million VND (7,400 USD) and necessities worth more than 120 million VND to Ho Chi Minh City, which is Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot. ​
Foreign firms, people aid HCM City in COVID-19 fight ảnh 1At the hand-over ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Indonesian businessesand nationals have presented 169 million VND (7,400 USD) and necessities worthmore than 120 million VND to Ho Chi Minh City, which is Vietnam’s current largestCOVID-19 hotspot.

The gifts were handed over to the Vietnam FatherlandFront Committee of HCM City by Indonesia’s Acting Consul General in the cityYovanka Yoan Siahainenia on September 29.

At the hand-over ceremony, Vice President of theVietnam Fatherland Front Committee of HCM City Nguyen Thanh Trung thanked theIndonesian enterprises and citizens for their timely support.

The aid has practically contributed to consolidatingand strengthening the fine friendship between the two countries, he said.

The official used this occasion to call on foreignbusinesses and communities to further support measures and policies adopted bythe Vietnamese government and HCM City’s authorities to combat the pandemic andrecover the economy in new normal conditions.
Foreign firms, people aid HCM City in COVID-19 fight ảnh 2Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Edwin Setiawan Tjie, President of the IndonesianBusiness Association in HCM City, affirmed that Indonesian firms always payheed to social affairs and believed that the southern economic centre will soonput the pandemic under control.

The same day, Good Neighbors International (GNI), anon-governmental organisation in the Republic of Korea (RoK), presented 1,000gift packages valued at 500 million VND to residents affected by COVID-19 inTan Phu district.

On September 28, Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. ofHong Kong (China) and Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh Stadt Ltd. also donated 15ventilators and other machines with a total value of 8.75 billion VND tomedical facilities in the city. /.
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