On September 15, the administration of the Lao province of Xiengkhouang handed over aid to Ho Chi Minh City via Vietnam’s State-owned Company of Economic Cooperation (COECCO).
The aid is worth nearly LAK 200 million (US$ 21,000) in total donated by Xiengkhouang agencies, organisations and people, as well as the Vietnamese community in the province. It consists of LAK 93 million in cash and over 20 tonnes of food.
The assistance will be delivered to Ho Chi Minh City by the COECCO, which is operating in Laos, in the next few days.
The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs also presented financial aid and medical supplies to the frontline healthcare force in the city on September 15.
The relief includes a donation of VND 125 million (US$ 5,500) from a humanitarian fund of Vietnamese women in Europe to the Cho Ray Hospital.
Authorised by the Foreign Ministry’s Commission for Overseas Vietnamese, the Ho Chi Minh City committee also received goods and medical supplies donated by Vietnamese people in Sacramento city of California, the US, to the Cho Ray Hospital.
The assistance includes 3,840 N95 face masks, 480 3M face masks, 80 sets of protective clothing, and 500 anti-splash face shields.
The same day, the Standing Board of the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee received goods and medical supplies supported by agencies, enterprises, and religious establishments.
The Ministry of Finance and the Bao Viet Group donated 6,000 welfare bags worth VND 1.8 billion, the Woongjin Foods company 2,000 boxes of rice milk bottles worth VND 1 billion, and a group of Protestants in Go Vap district 1,500 sets of medical protective clothing worth VND 140 million.
From August 15 to September 15, the Ho Chi Minh City welfare centre and the municipal board for raising, receiving, and distributing the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Fund received donations worth over VND 108 billion both in cash and in kind.
More than VND 96 billion worth of essential goods have also been provided for makeshift hospitals, COVID-19 hospitals, localities, charity kitchens, religious establishments, nursing centres for the disadvantaged elderly and children, units of armed forces, and volunteers to assist the pandemic combat.
The city’s welfare centre has also delivered nearly 1.8 million welfare bags to districts citywide to support poor families and people hit hard by the pandemic.
