Consulates General, foreign enterprises in HCM City support COVID-19 fight
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony to receive donations including 5 billion VND (217,773 USD) and 75,000 medical masks from a number of Consulates General and foreign enterprises in the locality for the city's COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
Consulate representatives give support for Ho Chi Minh City in the fight against COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held aceremony to receive donations including 5 billion VND (217,773 USD) and 75,000 medical masks from a number of Consulates General and foreignenterprises in the locality for the city's COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
To Thi Bich Chau, Chairwoman ofthe committee, acknowledged and appreciated the support and vowed to use the donated money and medical masks in a right and transparent way.
Speaking at the ceremony, WatanabeNobuhiro, Consul General of Japan to Ho Chi Minh City, expressed that thesupport and contributions by the Japanese Government, businesses and peoplehave been warmly received by Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular,hoping that they would contribute to the success of the COVID-19 fight in the country.
On behalf of the Republic of Korea's businesses in the city, ShonYoung Il, Chairman of the Korean Business Asso🍷ciation (KORCHAM), affirmed thatKorean businesses in the locality always support and highly value the COVID-19 preventionand control measures of HCM City and the Gove🍨rnment of Vietnam. He stressed that Korean companies wish to contribute tothis fight./.
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The event, the 12th of its kind jointly, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium and Chris Geyskens, Chairwoman of the Belgium chapter of the Hoi An – Vietnam Association for Victims of AO/Dioxin.
Consulate representatives give support for Ho Chi Minh City in the fight against COVID-19. (Photo: VNA) 
