Additional medical equipment for HCM City's COVID-19 fight
 

A group featuring 105 collectives, businesses, and individuals in Ho Chi Minh City have registered to contribute more than VND2,293 billion in support of the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment in the southern city’s ongoing battle against the virus.


This comes after the southern metropolis received goods and medical supplies worth VND400 billion on July 19 from relevant stakeholders, enterprises, individuals both at home and abroad, along with a number of provinces and cities nationwide.

Most notably, Vingroup’s Thien Tam Foundation has donated two million sets of Invitro diagnostic biological products used in antigen testing, while the Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank has presented 10,000 PCR test kits and 15,000 SARS-CoV-2 rapid test kits.

Furthermore, Duy Tan Plastic Company have also granted a PCR testing system, along with a specialised ambulance and cars.

Dragon Capital VietFund Management Joint Stock Company has donated three specialised ambulances, while Hung Thinh Group Joint Stock Company has given support by offering 5,000 powder coated metal hospital bed.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee has also received a sum of VND492 million in cash from numerous organisations and individuals for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines.

The southern city has so far distributed over VND1,266 billion, including medical equipment and goods to hospitals, medical facilities, and quarantine areas, while supporting the poor and individuals negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest donations come in response to calls made by the President and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to support the nation’s ongoing battle against the pandemic.