The association’s representatives and Vietnamese Ambassador toAngola Do Ba Khoa handed over the donated rice worth over 25,000 USD tothe province’s authorities on December 14.
Benguela’s GovernorIsaac Maria dos Anjos praised the meaningful deed of the Vietnameseexpatriates towards the province’s needy people. He said the rice willbe delivered to 2,500 disadvantaged households of Angolan refugees, whojust recently returned home, before Christmas.
This is the second time the Vietnamese living in Angola have donated to help the disadvantaged in the host country.
Early next year, the Overseas Vietnamese Association in nearby Huamboprovince also plans to give 20 tonnes of rice to local needy people.-VNA