These products have been gathered at Catholic parishes, Caritas of Da Lat diocese, Protestant churches and Fatherland Front Committees in communes before transported to Ho Chi Minh City and distributed to people severely affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

In particular, M'Nong ethnic people in Da Tong parish in the poorest district in Lam Dong, Chau Ma ethnic people of Bao Loc deanery in Bao Lam district and Cil ethnic people following Protestantism in Lac Duong district have collected tons of bamboo shoots, wild vegetables and agricultural products and sent them to Caritas of Da Lat diocese and local authorities.

Bamboo shoots are preliminarily boiled 

Children help their families collect agricultural products

Local ethnic people and religious dignitaries in the province shared that responding to calls of state authorities at all levels, they have gathered specialties of the Central Highlands and local agricultural products, such as bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, bananas and avocados, for presenting to the Covid-19 epidemic-hit people in Ho Chi Minh City.    

Local agricultural products gathered in a Protestant church before transported to Ho Chi Minh City

Lam Dong is one of five provinces in the Central Highlands region and also the 7^th largest province in the country, adjacent to the southern key economic region. The province is currently home to 43 ethnic groups, in which indigenous peoples of Ma, K'Ho, Chu Ru, M'Nong, etc, accounting for 17% of the province’s population, and over 95% of the provincial population are followers of religions, mainly Catholicism and Protestantism.