Kien Giang assists Vietnamese Cambodians affected by COVID-19
Deputy Director of the Department for External Affairs of Kien Giang province Nguyen Viet Thong on April 15 handed over 300 million VND (13,000 USD) to representatives from the Vietnamese Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province as a gift of the southern province for poor Vietnamese Cambodians.
Deputy Director of the Department for External Affairs of Kien Giang province Nguyen Viet Thong (R) hands over 300 million VND to Vietnamese Consul General Vu Ngoc Ly (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Deputy Director of the Department for ExternalAffairs of Kien Giang province Nguyen Viet Thong on April 15 handed over 300million VND (13,000 USD) to representatives from the Vietnamese ConsulateGeneral in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province as a gift of the southernprovince for poor Vietnamese Cambodians.
At the handover ceremony at Ha Tien International BorderGate, Thong spoke highly of efforts made by the Vietnamese Consulate General tosupport Vietnamese Cambodians in the region it is in charge, including PreahSihanouk, Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong, Kampong Speu and Takeo provinces, especiallyamidst COVID-19 outbreaks in Cambodia.
He took the occasion to extend his best wishes to VietnameseCambodians in the southwestern region of Cambodia on the occasion of Chol ChnamThmay, Cambodia’s New Year Festival.
Vietnamese Consul General Vu Ngoc Ly expressed his gratitudefor the support of Kien Giang province as this was the third time the provincehave sent gifts to Vietnamese Cambodians in the region since the pandemic brokeout in the province early last year.
On this occasion, President of the Khmer-VietnameseAssociation in Kampot province Hoang Duc Ha received 60 million VND as a gift fromthe Vietnam Fatherland Front of Kien Giang province to Vietnamese Cambodianswho are living in difficult circumstances in Kampot and Kep provinces./.
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Preah Sihanouk has called on Vietnamese-Cambodians and Vietnamese people working in the province to be cautious given the local spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, while following prevention and control measures set by authorities, in particular reducing travel in the current context.
A working delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Khmer-Vietnam Association in Cambodia handed over donations to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin living in lockdown areas in Kandal and Prey Veng provinces on March 14 and 15, where over 150 COVID-19 cases have been found, including 10 Vietnamese-Cambodians.
Dozens of tonnes of essential goods, including food and medical supplies, have been allocated to Vietnamese Cambodians over the past week amidst the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia.
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Deputy Director of the Department for External Affairs of Kien Giang province Nguyen Viet Thong (R) hands over 300 million VND to Vietnamese Consul General Vu Ngoc Ly (Photo: VNA) 
