Hanoi donors contribute over 176,000 USD to COVID-19 relief effort
Organisations, businesses and individuals in Hanoi have so far donated more than 4.1 billion VND (nearly 176,300 USD) COVID-19 relief effort, said the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF Hanoi) on March 20.
Organisations, businesses and individuals in Hanoi make donations to aid the country's COVID-19 relief effort. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Organisations, businesses and individuals in Hanoi have so far donated more than 4.1 billion VND (nearly 176,300USD) COVID-19 relief effort, said the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF Hanoi) on March 20.
The donations were made in response to the VFF CentralCommittee’s call for all people to contribute to the pandemic prevention andcontrol.
Among the largest contributors were the Vietnam NationalPetroleum Group (Petrolimex), who donated medical supplies worth 3 billion VND,the Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha donating 650 million VND forthe installment of a negative pressure room to treat infected people, and ThoLao Pagoda in Hai Ba Trung district with a donation of 100 million VND.
Not only fortunate people, the less fortune have also joined the national effort to combat the wide-spreadingcoronavirus which has infected 85 people in Vietnam so far. Nguyen Van Ta fromHung Tien commune, My Duc district has donated his savings to the relief fund.
Chairwoman of the VFF Hanoi Nguyen Lan Huong expressed her heartfelt thanks to the donors, pledging all thedonations will be used to curb the spread of the virus.
She also urged people to continue supporting the campaign bycontributing money, necessary things and ideas.
On the same day, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s CommitteeNguyen Duc Chung dismissed rumors about a lockdown of Hanoi since the number ofconfirmed cases in the capital city continues rising.
Hanoi is putting the pandemic under control, he said,calling people to stay calm and be cautious about the rumors.
Chung went on to say that the municipal steering committeefor COVID-19 prevention and control will provide local people with regular updatesand transparent information about the outbreak.
The city will continue taking drastic measures toprotect people’s lives and health as well as contain the virus transmission, he added./.
Supplies of essential goods must continue to flow even in the worst situation of a city or several localities being put under quarantine, said Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh at a meeting in Hanoi on March 19.
Hanoi has activated a smartphone app that allows the authorities to keep check on quarantined patients and lets the patients themselves update health information.
Retailers in Hanoi said they have made plans to boost stockpiles by 300 percent if necessary to meet the demands of local people amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Organisations, businesses and individuals in Hanoi make donations to aid the country's COVID-19 relief effort. (Photo: VNA)
