Wednesday, 19:37, 09/06/2021
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) is calling on local and foreign donors to provide different forms of aid to children affected by the ongoing COVID-19 resurgence in Vietnam.
The fund’s Goodwill Ambassador, actor Xuan Bac, will join the fundraising campaign, which will run from June 1 to July 31, it said. Donations can be made in the form of cash, non-cash items, or services.
According to the NFVC, the growing complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic is putting enormous pressure on economic development and social welfare in Vietnam. It had had a direct impact on close to 7,000 children in 26 cities and provinces nationwide as of June 8. The number of children infected or placed in quarantine is likely to continue to rise.
Testing for COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – HCM City needs to tighten regulations to further curb the spread of
COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam requested during a working session with
the city’s
He pointed to the
importance of the city as the centre of the southern region and a major
transportation hub of the country, hence its key role in pandemic control.
Speaking highly of the
southern hub’s efforts in battling COVID-19 over the recent past, Dam, who is
head of the National Steering Committee on
COVID-19 Prevention and Control,
ordered relevant agencies to strengthen pandemic prevention measures,
Monday, March 30, 2020 20:36
Nguyen Thi Mai, vice president of marketing at Unilever Vietnam, donates a support package under the ‘Green, Clean and Healthy School’ programme to the principal of Thuan Thanh Primary School in Long An province on April 19 (Photo courtesy of the company)
HCM
City (VNS/VNA) - ‘Green-Clean-Healthy School,’ an initiative by
Unilever Vietnam and the
Ministry of Education and Training, will support 1,100
primary schools around the country in improving their facilities and sanitation
this year at a cost of 22 billion VND (954,800 USD).
Under the programme, Unilever and its brands Lifebuoy, P/S, VIM, OMO, Pureit,
and Knorr will undertake a number of activities to make the schools
At a concentrated quarantine site in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
HCM City
(VNA) –
COVID-19 testing
for Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad so as to prevent illegal entry,
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam made the request during an in-person and
online meeting with HCM City and 10 localities bordering Cambodia on April 23.
Noting that COVID-19 is
wreaking havoc in Cambodia and other countries in the region, Dam, who is head
of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control, urged
the localities to tighten regulations, especially sparing no efforts in
tackling illegal entry via road and maritime transport.
The Government is
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