HCM City Buddhist Sangha joins COVID-19 prevention efforts
The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha presented 1 billion VND (43,400 USD) to the committee for the mobilisation, reception, and distribution of COVID-19 prevention funds through the city’s Fatherland Front Committee on March 15, giving a helping hand in the fight against the pandemic.
The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha presents 1 billion VND (43,400 USD) to the committee for the mobilisation, reception, and distribution of COVID-19 prevention funds through the city’s Fatherland Front Committee on March 15. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha presented 1billion VND (43,400 USD) to the committee for the mobilisation, reception, anddistribution of COVID-19 prevention funds through the city’s Fatherland FrontCommittee on March 15, giving a helping hand in the fight against the pandemic.
According to Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, Deputy Patriarch of the VietnamBuddhist Sangha and head of the executive council of HCM City Buddhist Sangha,the money was donated by local Buddhists.
As the pandemic has wreaked havoc on local livelihoods, the city’s BuddhistSangha will continue to call upon Buddhists to contribute to COVID-19prevention efforts, including the procurement of vaccines for the impoverishedand people in difficult circumstances, he said.
Expressing her respect for the Buddhist Sangha’s support, President of the city’sFatherland Front Committee To Bich Chau said the money will be used to buyCOVID-19 vaccines.
She hopes the Sangha will continue to mobilise Buddhists to join hands with thecity in COVID-19 prevention efforts as well as its construction and developmentcauses.
The committee has received 258 billion VND worth of goods, medical equipment,and cash to date, from local people, domestic and foreign organisations as wellas Vietnamese expatriates, 117 billion VND of which in cash and kind was allocatedto frontline workers at hospitals and quarantine sites and used to help pandemic-hitpeople.
The committee plans to spend 21 billion VND on the purchase of medicalequipment in the time to come./.
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The Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha presents 1 billion VND (43,400 USD) to the committee for the mobilisation, reception, and distribution of COVID-19 prevention funds through the city’s Fatherland Front Committee on March 15. (Photo: VNA)
