October 12, 2021 | 19:15 (GMT+7)
30,000 welfare packages delivered to pandemic-hit people in An Giang
Some 30,000 welfare packages, worth nearly 15 billion VND (658,690 USD), were delivered to people struggling amid COVID-19 in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang during an event held in Chau Thanh district on October 12.
It was part of a project run by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee to offer support to people hit by the pandemic in the south.
Speaking at the event, Nguyen Tiec Hung, Chairman of the VFF’s chapter in An Giang, said the welfare packages are expected to contribute to easing difficulties facing local residents, especially those returning from Ho Chi Minh City and other southern provinces stricken by the fourth coronavirus wave, and help them stabilize their life.
The COVID-19 resurgence has severely affected the well-being of people as well as business and production nationwide, particularly An Giang, Hung said.
Many workers were left jobless and struggling to make ends meet every day as a result of months-long social distancing order in HCM City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Long An and others, he added, noting that over 51,000 people have returned to their hometown.
An Giang’s Fatherland Front has so far received donations in cash and kind worth around 130 billion VND (5.7 million USD) in total from enterprises, religious organizations and individuals inside and outside the province.
Source: VNA