VUFO Chairwoman Nguyen Phuong Nga hands over 1,000 EUR to support Cuban people (Photo: qdnd.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) on August 17 sent out a letter calling for donations to Cuban people to help them overcomecurrent difficulties.
Theletter said the fraternal Cuban country and people are struggling against countless difficulties and challenges as they continue to be under a strict embargoamid COVID-19 pandemic, especially a recent oil storage facility fire incident at anindustrial zone near Matanzas that seriously hit lives of the Cuban people.
On the backof special solidarity between the two Parties, States and peoples, finetradition of Vietnam and positive results in supporting the Cuban people in face ofCOVID-19, the VCFA called on ministries, departments, mass organisations,agencies, businesses, cities and provinces, individuals and organisations,philanthropists and lovers of Cuba to join hands to continue assisting them.
The VCFA will receive donations till August31.
On August 15, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Unionof Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga met Cuban AmbassadorOrlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen at the Cuban Embassy and expressed sympathies with Cuban people affected by the inferno.
On the occasion, Ngahanded over 1,000 EUR raised by VUFO’s officials and staff to help Cuban peopleease difficulties.
The VCFA’s Club ofVietnamese Alumni in Cuba also launched a fundraising campaign on August 8, andhas so far raised nearly 1 billion VND (43,400 USD) in support of the Cuban people./.
