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More than 400 bln VND raised for COVID-19 prevention work

More than 400 billion VND (around 17 million USD) have been mobilised for COVID-19 prevention and control work after Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for public support to the fight against COVID-19.
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Hanoi (VNA) - More than 400 billion VND (around 17 million USD) havebeen mobilised for COVID-19 prevention and control work after Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc called for public support to the fight against COVID-19.

As of March 24, the COVID-19 prevention and control fund has collected nearly 340billion VND from agencies, businesses and individuals and 62 billion VND whocontributed via SMS messages through the National Humanitarian Portal 1400,reported the Vietnam Government Portal.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man saidthat the contributions of agencies, organisations, businesses and people havemanifested the solidarity of all Vietnamese people in struggling against theCOVID-19 pandemic.

These contributions will be transferred to the Ministry of Health forpurchasing medical equipment, necessities and support COVID-19 patients andthose undergoing quarantine.

On March 19, a text message campaign to call for public support for thecountry’s fight against COVID-19 was launched in Hanoi.

The campaign is taking place from March 19 to June 18, 2020.

Supporters can join the programme by texting “CV n” to 1407, of which “n” isthe number of support. Each text message will contribute at least 20,000 VND (0.86USD) to the fund./.
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