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HCM City receives more aid for COVID-19 fight

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and the managing board of the COVID-19 prevention and control fund of Ho Chi Minh City on October 1 received further aid from businesses for the fight against COVID-19.
HCM City receives more aid for COVID-19 fight ảnh 1At the handover ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee and the managing board of the COVID-19 prevention and control fund of HoChi Minh City on October 1 received further aid from businesses for the fightagainst COVID-19.
The assistance included 50,000 USD from the China BusinessAssociation's HCM City Branch (CBAH) and medical equipment worth nearly 5 billionVND (220,000 USD) from the Duong Nhat Investment Construction and EnvironmentalTechnology Company.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, CBAH's head Zhao Qian saidthat Chinese companies operating in the city always comply with Vietnam’s law,and support policies and regulations on COVID-19 prevention andcontrol of the Government and HCM City.
The support from Chinese firms in the city demonstratestheir social responsibility, sentiments and wishes to further develop solidarityand friendship between the people of the two countries, he added.
Highly valuing the aid, Chairwoman of the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee To Thi Bich Chau voiced her hope that firms in the city will continueto adhere to Vietnam and HCM City’s policies, and stand ready to respond to newdevelopments of the pandemic, and ensure COVID-19 prevention and control effortsand economic development in new normal.
Since the start of the year until the end of September, the VFFCommittee and the COVID-19 prevention and control fund of HCM City has receivedover 958 billion VND for the fight against the pandemic and another 311 billionVND for vaccine purchase, in addition to food and necessities worth 364 billion VND.
Since early August, local authorities havehanded out more than 2.23 million social welfare bags to pandemic-hitpeople citywide./.
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