PANO – As many as 300 Karofi water filters were installed in areas where water sources are seriously polluted in Northern provinces.

The social activity is part of the “Devotion for Vietnam’s future” journey, co-held by the National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health (under Ministry of Health) and Karofi Vietnam JSC.

Presenting Karofi water filters to Nhan Chinh commune, Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province

After one year of operation, about 15,000 students and 1,500 people have had an access to safe water. What is more, 25 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in polluted areas, and 7 villages with a high rate of cancer patients have been installed in with safe water supply systems. Additionally, locals also received free health check-ups by medical staff from the Vietnam-Cuba hospital.

The mounted filters will be periodically maintained by technicians. To date, about 200 out of 300 water filters have been replaced with filter-drums for the first time.

On the occasion, General Director of Karofi Vietnam Tran Trung Dung said that the company will continue to pursue its target “All Vietnam’s people can use clean water”, scheduled to finish by 2040. The company will mobilize other social activities to assist disadvantaged people in polluted areas nationwide with clean water sources.

Translated by Thuy Duong