Soldiers go to every alley to deliver supplies, Ho Chi Minh City residents feel secure in fighting the epidemic

Soldiers go to each boarding house to help people.

Charitable meals, bundles of vegetables, bags of rice... from the residents of the boarding house and philanthropists have helped the 7-member family of Mr. Pham Tuan Kiet, in Ben Van Don, District 4, hold out for the past two months. When the news that the city had extended the social distancing period, his family was both happy and worried. Happy because with more drastic measures, they hoped that the city would soon defeat the pandemic. But the worry was not knowing how they would hold out in the coming days. Then, hearing that soldiers from all over the country were coming to support people in fighting the pandemic, Mr. Kiet and his neighbors waited anxiously.

District 7, where many boarding houses of families working in the export processing zone and doing business independently, are falling into extreme poverty due to unemployment. Their lives mainly depend on support from the local government and charitable activities. When the soldiers came to each alley and each boarding house to give rice and food, the people were very happy.

Ms. Do Thi Lua, 65 years old, from Thai Binh, living temporarily in a boarding house in Tan Hung ward, District 7, confided: "My family from the North came here to live by doing freelance trading. Due to difficult circumstances due to the epidemic, we could not trade, so for the past 3 months we have had no income. We have been receiving vegetables, fruits, rice, but this is the first time we have received money. Now that we have received care from the army, we really appreciate and trust the soldiers who have been there for us during this epidemic."

To date, more than 4,200 officers and soldiers from Military Region 7 and Military Region 9 and hundreds of doctors and nurses from military medical units under the Ministry of National Defense have been sent to Ho Chi Minh City to fight the epidemic. Immediately after their arrival, the officers and soldiers immediately joined the fight. After only 2 days of deployment in Ho Chi Minh City, the reinforced army force has been present on many roads at the gateways of the suburbs and suburbs to ensure security and order and transport food and necessities to residential areas, helping her feel secure at home to fight the epidemic.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duc, Chairman of the People's Committee of District 12, Ho Chi Minh City said: "We have a list of people in difficulty, so we have coordinated with the reinforcement army and local army, we will bring essential food to each house for people. Through that, we also combine propaganda, especially people in the boarding house, then workers... then we will supply goods to people so that no one goes hungry during this period".

In addition to going to every alley and knocking on every door to deliver bags of love to each household, the army also coordinated with local police to organize additional patrols and guard activities, and set up additional guard posts to maintain security and order.

With the determination and highest spirit in the work of epidemic prevention and control, while ensuring people's lives, this campaign is also considered a major campaign of great significance for the Vietnam Army. Each specific action and work together with local authorities helps to alleviate some of the difficulties and increase faith in the good things in life./.