Belgium's Ixelles mayor appreciates contribution of Vietnamese to local COVID-19 response
Christos Doulkeridis, Mayor of Ixelles, a district of the Belgian capital Brussels, expressed his sincere appreciation on March 17 of the Vietnamese community’s contribution to the local COVID-19 response.
President of the Vietnamese Association in Belgium, Huynh Cong My, hands over the donation of 1,200 face masks to the district of Ixelles in the Belgian capital Brussels. (Photo: VNA)
Brussels (VNA) - Christos Doulkeridis, Mayor of Ixelles, adistrict of the Belgian capital Brussels, expressed his sincere appreciation onMarch 17 of the Vietnamese community’s contribution to the local COVID-19response.
Vietnamese people are truly part of the local community, Doulkeridissaid when accepting 1,200 face masks donated to the district by the Vietnamese Associationin Belgium.
Everyone must engage in the fight against this deadly pandemic, hecontinued, and the symbolic gesture made by the Vietnamese community shows thateveryone can play a part in the fight with a very important tool, face masks, beingan expression of mutual protection.
He also spoke highly of the sense of responsibility among Vietnamesepeople in Belgium, saying they have fully integrated into the local community.
President of the Vietnamese Association in Belgium, Huynh Cong My, whohanded over the donated face masks, said Vietnamese people appreciate how the administrations of Ixelles and Brussels at large have supported their integrationefforts.
☂ Data from 2019 indicates that about 14,000 Vietnamese were living inBelgium at that time./.
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President of the Vietnamese Association in Belgium, Huynh Cong My, hands over the donation of 1,200 face masks to the district of Ixelles in the Belgian capital Brussels. (Photo: VNA)
