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Vietnamese Canadian makes donation to fight COVID-19

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 31 to receive 100 million VND (4,300 USD) and five tonnes of rice from Vietnamese Canadian Nguyen Hoai Bac, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dai Son Trading Service Development and Investment JSC, in support of several localities in their fight against COVID-19.
Vietnamese Canadian makes donation to fight COVID-19 ảnh 1At the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs andthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 31 to receive 100 millionVND (4,300 USD) and five tonnes of rice from Vietnamese Canadian Nguyen HoaiBac, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dai Son Trading ServiceDevelopment and Investment JSC, in support of several localities in their fightagainst COVID-19.

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, thankedoverseas Vietnamese and Bac in particular for support provided amid the pandemic.

He said that in response to an appeal from leaders of the Party, State,Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, overseas Vietnamesedonated nearly 80 billion VND together with goods and materials to fight thepandemic and overcome the consequences of natural disasters in the centralregion.

Relevant agencies have arranged 468 flights bringing home more than113,000 Vietnamese from more than 59 countries and territories and sent over830,000 masks, protective suits, medical equipment, food, and other necessitiesto Vietnamese communities in more than 20 pandemic-hit areas.

The ministry, he added, also called on units, agencies, localities, andbusinesses to offer food and material supplies to Vietnamese in Laos andCambodia./.
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