November 20, 2017 | 16:38 (GMT+7)
KOCHAM donates USD 206,000 for charity
Some VND 4.64 billion (USD 206,000) was collected by the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KOCHAM) in Ho Chi Minh City at the 14th KOCHAM Charity Night on November 17.
Some 130 enterprises of the Republic of
Korea (RoK) contributed VND 4 billion in cash and VND 600 million worth of
gifts for charity.
The money was donated for the Ho Chi Minh
City Children’s Disability Association; the Orphanage, Disabled Children Care
Center in Dong Nai province; the Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin
Social Protection in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province; the Orphanage and Poor
Patients Protection Association in Binh Duong province; the Social Protection
Center in Long An province; the Ho Chi Minh City Eyes Hospital; the Patient
Support Fund; the Thien Phuoc Disability Facility in district 4, the Korean
Elder Citizen Association in Vietnam; and the Korean Support Fund.
KOCHAM HCMC has been in operation since
2003 with 700 enterprises, which represents 2,500 RoK companies operating in
the southern and central regions of Vietnam.
KOCHAM HCMC has organized the annual KOCHAM
Charity Night since 2004.
This year, Vietnam and the RoK celebrate
their 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Trade volume between the two countries
exceeded USD 50 billion by October 2017.
Source: VNA