The Da Nang Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee on August 18 received almost VND 1.8 billion (USD 78,000) in cash and over VND 2.24 billion worth of equipment from the organizers of an online music show raising funds for the coronavirus fight.

Program organizers said they will present the remaining donations to neighboring Quang Nam province in the next few days.

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At the hand-over ceremony

On the same day, the Thanh nien (Young people) newspaper handed over blood filtering equipment worth VND 1.2 billion as well as a ventilator to the Da Nang Health Department. The city’s Department of Construction also sent VND 100 million to local anti-COVID-19 forces.

In HCM City, a local fund for COVID-19 prevention and control had received donations of over VND 230 billion in cash and kind as of August 17, about VND 116 billion of which was handed over to frontline forces and those facing pandemic-related difficulties.

Money and goods, including rice, protective gear, hand sanitizer, and medical face masks from the fund have been delivered to Da Nang and Quang Nam, which are hotspots for the current COVID-19 outbreak, HCM City’s health workers engaged in fighting the virus Da Nang, and border guards tasked with pandemic prevention in the Northern border provinces of Ha Giang and Son La, according to President of the HCM City VFF Committee To Thi Bich Chau.

The committee is set to continue working with relevant parties to step up communications to raise more donations and distribute support to anti-COVID-19 forces and those affected in the time ahead.

Source: VNA