This month, 10 New Zealand fruit and dairy product exporters have donated over 350 cartons (some 7 tons) of fruit and 1,000 litres of milk to children’s and women’s charities in HCM City and Hà Nội. The donations were made to Operation Smile in HCM City, the NGO VinaCapital Foundation, Hà Nội-based NGO Blue Dragon and Maison Chance.
New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Tredene Dobson: "I am delighted to see how an initiative to aid the Vietnamese people during the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into an annual program that benefits local communities, particularly those who are under-privileged.”
This is the third consecutive year that New Zealand fruit businesses have donated New Zealand fruit to Vietnam. The program has expanded each year since its inception in 2021, when 5 New Zealand companies donated New Zealand apples and kiwi fruit to eight Vietnamese hospitals.
Source: vietnamnews.vn