 At the donation handover ceremony (Photo: VNA) |
Statistics show that the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6 was one of the strongest in the region over the past century, killing more than 50,000 people and destroying thousands of houses. It has caused economic losses worth some tens of billion of US dollars.
At the donation handover ceremony on Thursday, over 4 billion VND, in both cash and kind was also raised by units and enterprises.
In her remarks, VRC President Bui Thi Hoa called for more donations and pledged that all the donations will be allocated in line with legal regulations.
Apart from bank accounts, the association has opened an app named “Thien Nguyen” to serve the campaign, which will last until May 30./