Vice President presents pandemic prevention gifts to An Giang
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on September 19 led a delegation to visit the Mekong Delta province of An Giang and present gifts worth close to 14 billion VND (612,000 USD) to support its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan presents the token of the gifts to An Giang province. (Photo: VNA)
An Giang (VNA) – Vice President Vo Thi AnhXuan on September 19 led a delegation to visit the Mekong Delta province of AnGiang and present gifts worth close to 14 billion VND (612,000 USD) to support its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Of the gifts, the Presidential Office and Xuanherself donated 5,000 rapid test kits and five charity houses, and the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee presented 500 million VND. The Vietnam General Confederation ofLabour offered local workers with welfare packages valued at 4 billion VND in total, while T&T Group granted 30,000 rapid test kits to An Giang.
At the reception ceremony, Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh briefed on the province's COVID-19 situation.
Accordingly, from April 15 to 4pm on September 18, An Giang loggeda total of 3,608 infections, including 1,077 detected in concentrated quarantine sites, 1,058in locked-down areas, 1,298 in the community, and 84 imported cases.
There were 1,389 patients undergoing treatment, with the numberof recoveries and deaths standing at 1,975 and 29, respectively.
Applying social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’Directive 16 since July 15, the province is now carrying out the PM’s Directive15 alongwith some intensified measures.
To date, An Giang has received 161.8 billion VND worth ofdonations in both cash and kind for COVID-19 prevention and drought impact alleviation.
Binh took the occasion to express his gratitude for theattention of Party, State and Government leaders and the assistance ofministries, sectors, businesses and philanthropists toward the province’s fight against the pandemic.
The visit to An Giang was part of Xuan’s trip to encourageCOVID-19 prevention and control activities in An Giang, Dong Thap, Tien Giang,Tay Ninh provinces and Can Tho city, presenting nearly 35 billion VND worth ofdonations in total./.
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Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan presents the token of the gifts to An Giang province. (Photo: VNA) 
