The amount, reached just 72 hours after the launch of the initiative, was amplified here by the news website VTV24, belonging to the Digital Content Production and Development Center (VTV Digital).

The initial target set by the campaign was to raise 65 billion dongs (more than two million 470 thousand dollars) and this was doubled the day before, when contributions made by over 598 368 people and entities amounted to 125 320 billion dong (about four million 770 thousand dollars).

In a statement to the press shortly after that result was announced, the Cuban ambassador here, Rogelio Polanco, said he was deeply moved by the extraordinary participation of the Vietnamese people in this action in support of his country.

We cannot achieve what we have experienced in the last few hours without a deep feeling that unites our peoples, a legacy forged by several generations of leaders led by President Ho Chi Minh and the Commander-in-Chief, Fidel Castro, stressed.

Polanco further stated that “this campaign has penetrated deeply into the soul of the Vietnamese people, who show their generosity, altruism and human courage for a nation that is thousands of miles away”.

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