SAN FRANCISCO—CEO of California Waste Solutions, David Duong, donated 1,000 oxygenators to help people impacted by COVID-19 in Vietnam. This total includes 500 units donated in September, 250 units donated in August, and numerous smaller portable units. The gift is the largest private donation of its kind. Duong says back in 2020, he asked the Vietnamese government to buy masks, hand sanitizers, and other equipment from Vietnam to help people in the United States. “We wanted to help our community here, you know, giving [masks and hand sanitizers] out to front line workers; we give it out to hospitals, give it out to communities,” said Duong. Now Duong is donating oxygenators to Vietnam to help local communities that are impacted by COVID-19. He hopes the oxygenators can help people manage their symptoms and avoid hospitalization or being placed on ventilator machines. The oxygenators are devices that function as a lung, …