Tuesday, 25/07/2023 14:47 (GMT+7)
The Vietnam-Canada Business Association (VCBA) in coordination with the Vietnamese Consulate General in Vancouver and the administration of Richmond city on July 22 organized the VCBA Open Golf Tournament to raise fund to support Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
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| Golfers participate in the tournament (Photo: thoidai.com.vn) |
The event, which attracted the participation of 144 golfers, is one of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Canada.
Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Consul General Nguyen Quang Trung thanked the association and its members for their support to Cho Ray Hospital in particular and Vietnamese community at home in general.
All the proceeds were handed over to the Vietnamese Consul General to deliver to the hospital.
Chairman of the VCBA Dan On, who is Director of Dan-D-Park Group that donated an ambulance and a fire engine to Ho Chi Minh City, said that 70% of the total 700 members of the association are Vietnamese origin.
According to him, in 2023, the association has organized some activities to promote trade between the two countries and connect their businesses and people, including the sending of a delegation of businesses and representatives of Richmond to Vietnam to seek partnership opportunities in HCM City and Hanoi.
He said that the association also connects Canadian firms with their Vietnamese partners in the fields of tourism and seafood.
Meanwhile, Chak Au, member of the Richmond Council, highly appreciated the contributions that the association has made to the locality. He noted that Dan On himself presented the Richmond general hospital with 10 million CAD.
Last year, despite COVID-19 impacts, two-way trade between Vietnam and Canada still reached over 10 billion USD, making Vietnam the biggest ASEAN trade partner of Canada./.
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