May 11, 2022 | 20:58 (GMT+7)
More support for Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 prevention efforts
PANO - Ho Chi Minh City's chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee on May 10 received a 16-seat specialized vehicle presented by Phu Long Real Estate Joint-stock Company, an affiliate of Sovico Group, to assist the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
The vehicle will be handed over to the municipal Children’s Hospital to help improve the efficiency of the hospital staff’s examination and treatment, and disease prevention and control work.
In the recent COVID-19 outbreak in the economic hub of the country, the company has proactively conducted a series of practical and meaningful activities. It has sponsored the “Meals of love” program, presented ventilators, high-class ambulances to People's Hospital 115, and donated vaccination trucks, dozens of tons of rice, and other medical equipment to Nha Be district. It has also provided Lang Son, Hung Yen provinces and other localities nationwide with ambulances and 400 beds for medical examination and treatment.
Over the past time, with the role of connecting people from all walks of life, the municipal chapter of Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee has exerted all-out efforts, teamed with the whole political system to keep a close watch on the developments of the pandemic to boost information dissemination and urge local people to effectively control COVID-19.
Especially, at the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh city last year, the city received medical supplies and equipment, totally worth VND 2,744 billion from international friends, overseas Vietnamese, religious organizations, agencies, localities, enterprises and other benefactors. Since the beginning of this year alone, more than VND 17 billion has been contributed to the city’s COVID-19 control efforts.
Translated by Mai Huong