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RoK Consulate General, firms donate medical supplies to HCM City

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi Minh City received medical equipment and supplies worth nearly 6 billion VND (260,000 USD) donated by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in the city and members of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on October 11.
RoK Consulate General, firms donate medical supplies to HCM City ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi MinhCity received medical equipment and supplies worth nearly 6 billion VND (260,000 USD) donatedby the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in the city and members ofthe Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on October 11.


Speaking at the event, RoK Consul General to Ho Chi Minh CityKang Myong Il expressed his hope that the donation will make an activecontribution to the fight against the pandemic in the city.

He believed that Vietnam will soon defeat the pandemic andbecome a key economy in the Asia-Pacific in the future.

Chairwoman of the municipal VFF Committee To Thi Bich Chaupledged to promptly allocate the supplies to hospitals and medical establishmentsin the city.

She wished that businesses in the city in general and those fromthe RoK in particular would continue supporting policies of the VietnameseState and the city, especially the strategy of safely living with COVID-19 to reopen theeconomy, towards achieving a new normal./. 

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