Viettel Nghe An donates 300 million VND to serve the work of preventing and fighting Covid-19 epidemic
(Baonghean.vn) - This amount is part of the nearly 16 billion VND budget that Viettel provinces/cities directly donated to localities.
On August 10, accompanying the locality in the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, Viettel Nghe An presented 300 million VND in support to the Provincial Fatherland Front and the Provincial Department of Health.
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| Representative of Viettel Nghe An presented support to the Covid-19 Prevention and Control Fund of the Provincial Fatherland Front. Photo: PV |
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Canh Hoa - Director of Viettel Nghe An shared: "The Covid-19 epidemic is developing very complicatedly in many provinces and cities and in Nghe An province. On this occasion, Viettel Nghe An supports the Provincial Fatherland Front with 150 million VND and 150 million VND is donated to the Provincial Department of Health.
We hope that this financial support from Viettel will contribute to investing in medical equipment, joining hands with authorities at all levels and people in preventing, fighting and soon repelling the Covid-19 epidemic."
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| Mr. Nguyen Huu Le - Deputy Director of the Department of Health represented the unit to receive the amount of 150 million VND supported by Viettel Nghe An for the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: PV |
With a business philosophy associated with social responsibility and the role of a leading enterprise in telecommunications and information technology in the area, in recent times, Viettel Nghe An has had many practical activities to support disease prevention work in the locality.
Speaking at the ceremony to receive support for Covid-19 prevention and control, comrade Le Van Ngoc - Standing Vice Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province acknowledged the contributions and practical actions of Viettel in the epidemic prevention work of the province; at the same time, highly appreciated the application of Viettel's Electronic Health Book which is being deployed to serve people in registering for vaccination and certifying vaccine passports.
He also called on people to actively respond and install the application.Electronic health bookto accompany the health sector in epidemic prevention work.
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| Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Le Van Ngoc sent his thanks to businesses for their active response to support the local Covid-19 Prevention and Control Fund. Photo: PV |
It is known that the amount of 300 million VND that Viettel Nghe An sponsored for the locality this time is part of the nearly 16 billion VND budget that the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) donated to 63 provinces and cities across the country.
Previously, Viettel contributed 450 billion VND to the Covid-19 Vaccine Fund. In addition, all Viettel officers and employees also donated 19 billion VND to build a Remote Consultation Center for the Health sector.
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| Mr. Nguyen Canh Hoa - Director of Viettel Nghe An shared that Viettel staff and employees want to join hands and support the authorities at all levels and the people in the work of preventing and repelling the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: PV |
Since the outbreak began in early 2020, with its strength as a technology enterprise, Viettel has supported the Government with many important solutions, effectively supporting the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic.
Specifically, Viettel has built a Telehealth remote medical examination and treatment system to 1,300 medical facilities nationwide, deployed 700 bridge points at hospitals with Covid-19 cases; built the "Vietnam Health" Portal and app, Medical declaration, Epidemic map, Electronic health book, Covid-19 vaccine passport nationwide.
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| The electronic health book is an application that helps people register for Covid-19 vaccination, and is also considered a vaccine passport for those who have received two doses. Photo: PV |
Notably, in just 2 weeks, Viettel has installed and integrated nearly 4,000 surveillance cameras in quarantine areas in the northern provinces. Viettel's virtual switchboard operator (Cyber Bot) has made more than 200,000 calls to subscribers who have not installed Bluezone to mobilize and instruct them on how to use it to protect themselves and the community from the Covid-19 epidemic.
Detailed instructions on how to install and use the Electronic Health Book application are at:
