THACO donates specialised trucks for transporting vaccines, mobile vaccination
Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO) donated 63 specialised trucks each for transporting COVID-19 vaccines and carrying out mobile vaccination and taking samples at a recent ceremony to launch the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Hanoi.
THACO Chairman Tran Ba Duong speaks to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh about specialised vehicles used for mobile vaccination and taking samples for COVID-19 testing. (Photo courtesy of THACO)
HCM City, July 12 (VNS/VNA) - Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO) donated 63 specialised trucks each for transporting COVID-19 vaccines and carrying out mobile vaccination and taking samples at a recent ceremony to launch the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Hanoi.
They were worth 150 billion VND (6.5 million USD).
These are production models manufactured at its factories in Chu Lai in Quang Nam province, and are sold domestically and exported to ASEAN countries such as Thailand and the Philippines.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Tran Ba Duong, THACO Chairman, said in response to a Government call his company worked day and night to design and manufacture the vehicles within two weeks to donate them at the ceremony.
In recent years, besides its production and business activities, THACO has also carried out social responsibility programmes, donating thousands of billions of dong so far.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in early 2020, the corporation has donated over 100 billion VND to support activities to prevent and control the pandemic across the country.
He said THACO is committed to continuing its support for epidemic prevention activities across the country, and also ensure epidemic prevention and control throughout the company, which has more than 55,000 employees, 25,000 in Vietnam and 30,000 in Laos and Cambodia. It would contribute at least 25 trillion VND (1.08 billion USD) in taxes in 2021, he said.
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THACO Chairman Tran Ba Duong speaks to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh about specialised vehicles used for mobile vaccination and taking samples for COVID-19 testing. (Photo courtesy of THACO) 
