From November 13 until now, the VFF’s Hanoi committee has received donations worth over VND109.3 billion for flood victims in the central region.
Addressing the event, Chairwoman of the VFF Hanoi Committee Nguyen Lan Huong expressed her thanks for the support from the philanthropists for compatriots in hard-hit localities.
Huong expressed her hope that the philanthropists would continue to offer essential goods and farming materials to the worst hit residents, to help them address the consequences of natural disasters and resume agricultural production, while calling on the locals join hands in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
On the same day, the VFF Hanoi committee presented donations worth VND5 million each to 16 needy students from the central region who are studying in Hanoi.
It also delivered 100,000 face masks and 150 PCR test kits to the city’s Center for Disease Prevention and Control.