Gifts delivered to disabled, blind people in HCM City
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi
Minh City Union of Friendship
Organizations (HUFO) in
conjunction with Tzu Chi – a non-governmental organisation of Taiwan (China),
on May 30 presented 2,000 gift packages worth 3 billion VND (128,590 USD) to disabled
and blind people in the city.
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the HUFO Vuong
Duc Hoang Quan said the donation, which was raised through people-to-people diplomacy
activities and contributions by donors and foreign NGOs in Vietnam, aims to
help the vulnerable people overcome difficulties
caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hoang Thi Khanh, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the
Handicapped and Orphaned Children
thanked the HUFO and other donors for their timely support for people with
disabilities, orphans, and those in difficult circumstances in the city, who have
been hard hit by the pandemic.
In recent times, the HUFO has
coordinated with foreign NGOs and business associations in Vietnam in organising
fund-raising programmes and present medical supplies to people in HCM City,
helping them overcome the difficult time./.