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VUFO Chairwman Nguyen Phuong Nga hands over 1,000 EUR to help Cuban people ease difficulties.

The letter said the fraternal Cuban country and people are struggling against countless difficulties and challenges as they continue to be under a strict embargo amid COVID-19 pandemic, especially a recent oil storage facility fire incident at an industrial zone near Matanzas that seriously hit lives of the Cuban people.

On the back of special solidarity between the two parties, states and peoples, fine tradition of Vietnam and positive results in supporting the Cuban people in face of COVID-19, the VCFA called on ministries, departments, mass organizations, agencies, businesses, cities and provinces, individuals and organizations, philanthropists and lovers of Cuba to join hands to continue assisting them.

The VCFA will receive donations till August 31.

On August 15, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga met Cuban Ambassador Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen at the Cuban Embassy and expressed sympathies with Cuban people affected by the inferno.

On the occasion, Nga handed over 1,000 EUR raised by VUFO’s officials and staff to help Cuban people ease difficulties.

The VCFA’s Club of Vietnamese Alumni in Cuba also launched a fundraising campaign on August 8, and has so far raised nearly 1 billion VND (43,400 USD) in support of the Cuban people.

Source: VNA