The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on August 2 presented 1.7 million meal portions worth 51 billion VND (2.22 million USD) to southern localities which are under the social distancing measures.
The meal portions, each worth 30,000 VND, will be distributed to people of the vulnerable groups in 17 localities.
From May 1 to July 30, donations for the fight against COVID-19 via the VFF had exceeded 6.85 trillion VND.
The sum has been disbursed to the COVID-19 vaccine fund and for the purchase of ventilators and other medical devices, as well as used to support concentrated quarantine establishments, frontline workers and the disadvantaged.
Source: Vietnam News Agency