Health workers treat a COVID-19 patient in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –The Vietnamesecommunity in France has held a number of activities to support poor peopleaffected by COVID-19 at home.
Theassociation of Vietnamese people in France and the international associationfor Vietnam’s education development in France have raised 5,000 EUR (5,473 USD)and 100 million VND (4,292 USD) respectively in response to the call by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for fightingthe pandemic.
The Government leaderon March 17 called on every Vietnamese citizen, especially businesspeople andoverseas Vietnamese, to make donations to help contain the pandemic and alsomaintain socio-economic development.
He praised individualsand enterprises for donating money, contributing their time, efforts,experience and practical initiatives.
Such donations helppromote unity, safety and humane actions among the community, the PM said.
“No matter how old thedonors are or what they do, these meaningful actions all start from theirhearts… I believe that Vietnam will be able to push back the pandemic, bringlives back to normal and recover production,” he said./.
“No matter how old thedonors are or what they do, these meaningful actions all start from theirhearts… I believe that Vietnam will be able to push back the pandemic, bringlives back to normal and recover production,” he said./.
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