Vietnamese in Canada make cakes to raise funds for flood victims
Thanh Tuyen / VOV5 -  
(VOVWORLD) - Overseas Vietnamese people have made 400 glutinous rice cakes to raise funds for flood victims in central Vietnam . The program was hosted by Vietnamese living and working in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.
Overseas Vietnamese people in Vancouver gathered to make Tet cakes. |
Each person is involved in a stage of the cake making process. |
Volunteers spent their weekend cooking the cakes. 400 Tet cakes (glutinous rice cakes) were completed in just 3 days. |
Ingredients to make the cakes were carefully prepared. |
They also make Vietnamese traditional braised fish and other cakes to raise funds. |
After just 2 weeks of launching, total proceeds reached 8,680 Canadian dollars. The money will be sent to Vietnam to aid those suffering from historic flooding in Quang Tri province. |
Thanh Tuyen / VOV5