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420 million VND donation to HCM City Tumour Centre
03/06/2006 -- 22:26(GMT+7)

HCM City, Mar. 6 (VNA) - Sanjeev Chowdhury, Canadian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, on March 6 donated 420 million VND, collected from the 9th Terry Fox Marathon - 2005, jointly organised by the Canadian Consulate General and the Manulife Company, to the Ho Chi Minh City Tumour Centre.

Former Canadian Prime Minister John Manley was present at the presentation ceremony.

Prof. Nguyen Chan Hung, Director of the HCM City Tumour Centre, said that over the past three years, the centre has received more than 1 billion VND from the Canadian Consulate General, raised from the 7th, 8th and 9th Terry Fox Marathons. The amounts have been disbursed for an investigation on cancer in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.

Terry Fox was a young Canadian man who during his short life overcame his cancer running to raise funds for cancer research. The last annual race named after him drew more than 4,500 participants in HCM City.

In addition to the organisation of the Terry Fox Marathon in the city, Consul General Chowdhury has also held many charity programmes to help orphans and handicapped children in Ho Chi Minh City.-Enditem