The donation was handed over to the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday in Hanoi.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has granted VND4.05 billion to help the overseas Vietnamese community in the fight against Covid-19.
At the event, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh said that the financial support is aimed to help Vietnamese people in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Cambodia amid difficulties caused by Covid-19. This has shown great unity of Vietnamese people.
Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi, who is also Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, noted that the ministry will early distribute the money to Vietnamese people in these four countries through the embassies.
According to Khoi, overseas Vietnamese have raised nearly VND80 billion and sent home goods in support of pandemic and flood response efforts.
To date, around 500 flights have been conducted to repatriate some 130,000 Vietnamese citizens abroad amid the pandemic. More such flights will operate in June.