A 'rice ATM' in Hanoi - Illustrative image (Source: touitre.vn)Thua Thien-Hue (VNS/VNA) - Donorsin the central city of Hue have set up a 'rice ATM' in the city to helpunderprivileged people that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volunteers at colleges in the city setup the first site at the Phu Xuan private college at 28 Nguyen Tri PhuongStreet on April 11 to give 2kg of free rice for each person.
They said donors have been supplying freerice to poor local residents at several sites in the city to avoid large crowdsgathering.
Donors in Thua Thien-Hue province alsocollected 4,000 face masks, 1,000 hand sanitiser bottles and 4 tonnes of riceto hand over to two provinces – Salavan and Sekong in Laos – to support thefight against COVID-19.
The Da Nang City Young BusinessmenAssociation also said it would set up two free ‘rice ATMs’ to help poorpeople in Da Nang from next week.
Chairman of the association Ha Duc Hungsaid the first ATM would be installed at Trung Nu Vuong Street in downtown HaiChau district before being spread to more locations in Hoa Vang, Cam Le, ThanhKhe and Lien Chieu districts.
The association has collected 40 tonnes ofrice from donors in the city, and there are plans to gather more.
He said the free rice ATMs would operate tillend of June.
Earlier, free rice ATMs were installed in HCMCity and Hanoi to help poor people during COVID-19 pandemic.
A charity in Da Nang has also presented 1,500 bottles ofwatermelon juice to doctors, nurses and medical workers at COVID-19 frontlinehospitals in Da Nang.
The group said it had bought 1.5 tonnes ofwatermelon from farmers in Quang Ngai province to help clear overloadedstocks at farms./.
VNA
