(HBO) – Deputy Director for the Hanoi region of the Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) Ngo Quoc Hung presented Hoa Binh province with 100,000 rapid antigen test kits for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on February 23. The kits, branded Biocredit, are worth nearly 4.6 billion VND (201,300 USD) in total.
Photo: An official of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee receives the test kits from the Sacombank representative.
Appreciating the assistance from Sacombank, Dang Bich Ngoc, Vice President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee, said amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Hoa Binh, the test kits presented by the bank is a practical and meaningful gift helping the province with the pandemic combat.
This is the largest number of test kits Hoa Binh has received from a donor through the provincial VFF Committee so far, she said, expressing her hope that Sacombank will continue standing side by side with the province to surmount these trying times and carry out other programme.
The provincial VFF Committee’s Standing Board pledges to distribute the kits in a timely, open, and appropriate manner, she added.
Sacombank, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, has always paid attention to supporting anti-pandemic efforts. It hasn’t opened a branch in Hoa Binh but still offered practical aid for the province in the COVID-19 fight./.
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A total public investment capital of 113 billion VND (over 4.3 million USD) was disbursed for a project to upgrade infrastructure and stabilise residents in the vicinity of the Da River reservoir between 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, giving a facelift to local rural areas and improving the quality of people's life.
Since the end of 2023-2024 academic year, Cu Yen Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son district has deployed e-study records for all of its 500 primary students, said the school principal Nguyen Thi Tuyen.
The Labour Federation of Hoa Binh city has actively worked to protect the rights and welfare of nearly 8,000 local workers and union members at 152 grassroots unions. Through regular dialogues, education campaigns, and welfare programmes, the federation has helped foster stable, progressive labour relations.
