Friday, 30/10/2020 19:04 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese Embassies in Malaysia on October 27 organized to raise funds for flood victims in the central region.
Photo for illustration (Source: baoquocte.vn)
Accordingly, Vietnamese people and associations in Malaysia had raised a total of 600 million VND in donations which will be sent to Vietnam to help affected people, particularly poor households, to recover from the natural disaster.
Mr. Vu Duc Minh, Second Secretary for community affairs at the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia, said that overseas Vietnamese in Malaysia have regularly organized charity events to help those in need in their homeland. Since the embassy called for donations, not only staff of Vietnamese missions but also Vietnamese associations have actively joined the fund-raising campaign, he added.
Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Malaysia Business Association (VMBIZ) Nguyen Thi Thanh Van said that although the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia has caused many challenges to Vietnamese expats, they wanted to share burdens with their flood-hit fellows in the central provinces. It is like an “order from the heart,” she said./.
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