HCM City friendship organisations supporting schools in combatting COVID-19
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) has partnered with foreign non-government organisations and businesses to donate medical supplies to certain schools across the city to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to HUFO Vice President Tran Hoang Khanh Van.
HCM City (VNA) - The Ho ChiMinh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) has partnered withforeign non-government organisations and businesses to donate medical supplies tocertain schools across the city to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according toHUFO Vice President Tran Hoang Khanh Van.
The union presented 5,000 facemasks, 400 bottles of hand sanitiser, and 100 litres of antiseptic solution toBinh Khanh Primary School in Can Gio district on May 13.
It earlier worked with the Vietnam-India FriendshipAssociation of HCM City and the Association of Indian Businesses in Vietnam to present5,000 face masks and 500 bottles of hand sanitiser to Cao Bat Quat Primary Schoolin Phu Nhuan district.
HUFO has also presented medical supplies and essential goods to healthfacilities and people affected by COVID-19 as well as to certain Consulates Generalin the city.
Most recently, at the Japan Consulate General, HUFO President Vuong DucHoang Quan presented 7,100 face masks, 100 sets of medical protective gear, and🐼100 litres of antiseptic solution to schools teaching Japanese children in thecity./.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) on April 24 presented 10,000 face masks and 100 litres of antiseptics to Thailand’s Consulate General in the city, in an effort to help contain the spread of the COVID-19.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on May 8 presented a “rice ATM” (rice dispenser) and 16 tonnes of the grain from the US non-government organisation (NGO) Project Vietnam Foundation (PVF) to support those in need affected by the COVID-19.
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At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
