Facebook and public support join hands in fight against COVID-19
15/4/20
Facebook is cooperating with the Vietnam Red Cross
Society (VRC) and more than 60 artists along with
partners and businesses in the country in the #SocialForGoodVN livestream to
fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The programme will be broadcast live from 19:00 to 20:00 on April 17 on the
Facebook accounts of artists Quyen Linh and Nguyen Ha My (Sam) and the fanpages
of YEAH1, YAN, Dat Viet, Dien Quan, EyePlus, Cat Tien Sa, MCV, Multimedia, BHD,
Orion Media, BH Media, and Next Media.
It aims to utilise the positive aspects of Facebook to call for
public support for medical workers and people affected by the pandemic.
Participants will discuss topics relating to the pandemic and spread positive
messages from artists.
Facebook has also launched a campaign called #ỞNhàLàNhất, to encourage people
to stay at home and share tips on household chores.
Vietnamese artists will raise funds for VRC in support of medical workers and
both confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients.
The fight against COVID-19 is gaining
more strength as more support from the public was contributed to the efforts in
the central city of Da Nang and Hanoi capital on April 6.
On March 6, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Da Nang received
more than 1 billion VND (over 42,600 USD) donated by the FPT Joint Stock
Company, the municipal People’s Procuracy and the A Viet Inspection JSC.
Appreciating the assistance, President of the committee Dang Thi Kim Lien said
the money will be swiftly delivered to the frontline units of the COVID-19
combat.
She noted in response to the VFF Central Committee’s appeal to all Vietnamese
people to support the disease prevention and control, many agencies,
organisations, businesses and individuals have joined hands with the city’s
authorities in the work.
So far, more than 4.6 billion VND, 1,000 antibacterial face masks, 10 tonnes of
rice and 100 bottles of hand sanitiser, among others, have been donated via the
municipal VFF Committee.
The same day, a delegation of the Hanoi Red Cross Society and philanthropists
visited and presented aid to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No. 2
in Kim Chung commune of Hanoi’s
Dong Anh district and the quarantine site at the FPT University’s dormitory in
the city’s Thach That district.
They supported the forces working at each site with one tonne of rice, 1,000
face shields, 1,000 food containing boxes, and 50 million VND in cash./.
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The “Millions of Meals” programme was launched on April 13, providing 1,200 nutritious meals for vulnerable communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnamese communities in both Russia and the Czech Republic have joined their host country’s efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Vietnamese communities abroad have actively joined hands in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the homeland by contributing financial assistance, and medical supplies and equipment.
Vietnamese people living, studying and working in Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia donated nearly 80,000 face masks, hundreds of bottles of antiseptic, protective gears and medical gloves.
Many Vietnamese intellectuals living abroad have proposed initiatives and technological solutions to the prevention work, adding that Vietnamese associations and individuals in France the US, and other countries have also organised fundraising activities to help people in the homeland.
The Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco received a total of some 200,400 USD in donations on April 13 from Vietnamese expats living in Western states in the US for Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19.
Pham Minh Nam, an overseas Vietnamese national in the UK on March 26 presented 1 billion VND (over 43,000 USD) to support Vietnam’s fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2.
Such support will play a crucial part in Vietnam’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
The power of solidarity and unity among the Vietnamese people, both at home and abroad, which has proven to be stronger than ever.
In Hanoi, 200 haemodialysis patients at Thanh Nhan Hospital became the first beneficiaries, receiving 600 food packages for three days delivered by PepsiCo and Suntory volunteers and members of the Vietnam Youth Union.
Representatives from the Vietnamese community in St. Petersburg have presented medical socks to health workers at Pokrovsk Hospital, who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients.
In the Czech Republic, Vietnamese Ambassador Ho Minh Tuan said that since the first phase of the outbreak the embassy has coordinated with the local Vietnamese community to set up special working groups to provide updated information on COVID-19 and quickly issue warnings.
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