The money collection campaign promoted by the Vietnam government to help Cuba It has raised in just three days a total of 9.6 million dollars, exceeding almost four times the minimum established goal.
In the beginning, the goal set was to raise 65 billion dongs (more than two million 470 thousand dollars), but was duplicated when the contributions of more than 598 368 people and entities reached 125 320 million dong (about four million 770 thousand dollars), Point out Cubadebate.
According to an office of EFEthe Vietnamese initiative aims to donate the amount collected to Cuba, which crosses a serious shortage of basic products and many blackouts.
Through a web page you can follow the amount collected for this campaign, with which Vietnam seeks to “foster the spirit of friendship and solidarity” with Cuba, whose crisis is also related to the hardening of US sanctions and poor manner of national economic policy.
According to the newspaper Vietnam Plus, Bank transfers can be completed through a QR code, but donations reception points, schools and some communities were also enabled.
Vietnam adds 4.8 million dollars raised in 48 hours to help Cuba
Launched within the framework of the Vietnam-Cuba friendship year, the campaign will run until October 16 to continue collecting donations through platforms like Zalo.
At the end of last July, the Vietnamese government reaffirmed its historic support for Cuba during a meeting between senior officials from both countries held in Hanoi.
Vietnam is the main supplier of rice to Cuba, where this cereal is a vital food and is consumed as average more than 60 kilograms per person a year.
Together with China, he has donated to Cuba in recent years of rice loads to support the country, to spend 2000 million dollars annually in the importation of food included in the so -called basic basket (the state allocation of subsidized products per person).
