Overseas Vietnamese

The Vietnamese Association in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on April 28th handed over 1,000 medical face masks as gifts to the city’s Military Hospital to help it fight COVID-19.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc and diplomats of other ASEAN countries recently took part in the first teleconference of the ASEAN Committee in Washington DC (ACW).

Ambassador to Australia Ngo Huong Nam called on Vietnamese students in Australia to stay united and support those affected by COVID-19 during a video meeting on April 28th.

Overseas Vietnamese in Thailand and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have donated VND704 million (USD30,000) to support the COVID-19 prevention and control in the homeland.

An online Vietnamese language contest will be held by the Vietnamese community in Ukraine’s Kharkov province.

Germany’s Thale city government has ordered blue medical cloth for the Vietnamese community to sew good face masks for frontline health workers fighting COVID-19.

The Vietnamese community in Moscow continues to spread their sharing with doctors on the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow.

As many as 124 gifts, including rice, face masks and sanitation liquid, were presented to poor Vietnamese - Cambodian families in Koh Kong city, Cambodia, by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Preah Sihanouk on April 25th.

Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane on April 24th presented relief aid to 250 Vietnamese in need in Laos who are facing difficulties caused by social distancing measures aimed to curb the spread of the COVID-19.

A group of over 60 volunteers in Russia, which was formed on March 28th, has timely provided much-needed support for overseas Vietnamese affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Mr. Dinh Viet Thang, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA), on the morning of April 23rd said that the CAA is coordinating with Vietnam’s airlines to organize flights to bring Vietnamese citizens abroad back to Vietnam at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has raised LAK60 million (USD6,830) to present to Laos to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and the representative office of Vietnam Airlines in the country on April 22nd presented 100 boxes of instant noodles to the Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan to support Vietnamese citizens affected by COVID-19.

Vietnamese authorities and the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, in collaboration with Vietnam Airlines, on April 22nd transported medical supplies and equipment of the government and people of Vietnam to donate to the Government and people of Japan to prevent and control COVID-19.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia on April 21st issued emergency notice No.2, which notes Vietnamese citizens who have registered to return to home according to the urgent notice No.1 of April 19th.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on April 21st announced the opening of a questionnaire for Vietnamese citizens’ aspirations to return home.

The Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group on April 20th donated 100,000 USD to the Lao Government to help the country purchase medical supplies for its fight against COVID-19.

Vietnamese communities in Australia have helped each other during the COVID-19 pandemic in a spirit of “the haves helping the have-nots”.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam received two Eliciae MV20 ventilators manufactured by Japan’s Metran Co., Ltd at a ceremony in Tokyo on April 20th.

The Vietnamese Association in the UK (VAUK) has raised funds to buy 1,100 protective suits and 2,500 face masks to support the UK's National Health Service (NHS) amid the serious development of COVID-19 pandemic.

A specially arranged flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines landed at Da Nang International Airport on April 18th morning, bringing home Vietnamese citizens stranded in Italy.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Canada has responded to queries regarding whether the Vietnamese Government will arrange a commercial flight to fly its citizens home and the embassy’s protection measures in the coming time.

​Facing the scarcity of medical face masks in Singapore, a Vietnamese Singaporean woman named Jennifer Le and two of her Vietnamese friends have contributed USD200 and bought 600 masks from an online seller from Vietnam to present to residents in the Lion Island.

The Khmer - Vietnam Association (KVA) in Cambodia on April 16th handed over 100 gifts, including rice, face masks and cash to Vietnamese-Cambodian families affected by COVID-19 in Kadal province.

Overseas Vietnamese in the Czech Republic handed over medical supplies to two nursing homes in Prague’s Districts 5 and 8 on April 15th to help them fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Garment Company 9-5 presented the first batch of 500 reusable cloth face masks to police officers in Plavsk city in Tula province, Russia on April 16th, in an effort to join hands with local residents to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Heal Agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Busan city on April 14th confirmed the 124th case of COVID-19 in the city to be a Vietnamese student.

Vietnamese businesses in Cambodia have raised funds totaling 11,100 USD to help the Cambodian Government and people fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hundreds of relief gifts were presented to Vietnamese-Cambodian and Khmer people affected by COVID-19 by the Khmer-Vietnam Association in Phnom Penh on April 14th.

Chairman of the Standing Commission on Law and Order under the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Alexander Kushchak recently thanked Vietnamese citizens for supporting the city’s Pokrovsk Hospital in the fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.