Vietnamese Cambodians actively cope with COVID-19 pandemic
The Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia has sent many notices to its chapters in 25 provinces and cities, asking them to take precautionary measures against the COVID-19 pandemic and follow relevant instructions of local authorities.
Sim Chy, Chairman of the Khmer-Vietnam Association, grants an interview to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporter (Photo: VNA)
PhnomPenh (VNA) – The Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia has sentmany notices to its chapters in 25 provinces and cities, asking them to takeprecautionary measures against the COVID-19 pandemic and follow relevantinstructions of local authorities.
Accordingto Sim Chy, chairman of the association, as of March 26, no COVID-19 infectionshad been recorded among Vietnamese Cambodians, and only one of them, who is workingin Poipet city bordering Thailand, has been quarantined in a concentratedcentre.
TheCambodian Ministry of Health on March 25 evening confirmed five new cases,raising the total number in the country to 96.
OnMarch 24, the Standing Board of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association warned VietnameseCambodians against movement and overseas trips and advised them to observecountermeasures of the Cambodian government.
Incase of emergency, it is recommended to contact the association’s chapters in Cambodiancities and provinces or its office via phone number ( 85588.999.5162).
PhamThanh Thuy, vice chairwoman and general secretary of the association, said mostof the Vietnamese Cambodians are traders and about half of them had shut downshops to prevent the spread of the epidemic./.
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Sim Chy, Chairman of the Khmer-Vietnam Association, grants an interview to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporter (Photo: VNA) 
