China donates COVID-19 medical supplies to Vietnam
VOV.VN - The Consulate General of Vietnam in Kunming, China, has received a shipment of medical equipment and supplies for COVID-19 prevention donated by China’s Yunnan province and Hong Kong’s Sunwah Group.
The shipment contains 160 oxygen generators, 30,000 antigen test kits, 1,200 personal protective suits, and 400,000 medical masks.
In particular, the oxygen generators will be given to eight Vietnamese localities of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Yen Bai, Hanoi, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh that have increased extensive cooperation with Yunnan over the years.
The gifts were transported to Vietnam through the Lao Cai – Hekou international border gate between August 29 and 31.
Addressing the handover ceremony held in Kunming recently, Consul General Nguyen Trung Hieu thanked Yunnan and Sunwah Group for their gifts which he said create a great source of encouragement for the Vietnamese localities in their ongoing COVID-19 fight.
After receiving the medical equipment and supplies, he said Vietnamese authorities will soon deliver them to coronavirus hit localities to assist them with COVID-19 prevention and control.
A representative of Yunnan shared difficulties faced by Vietnam in combating COVID-19 at present and said his province stays ready to support Vietnam within its capacity.
Yunnan maintains two close cooperation mechanisms with Vietnamese localities, namely the China-Vietnam economic corridor cooperation conference, and the joint working group meeting between Yunnan and four northern border provinces of Vietnam.
In May 2021, Yunnan and four Vietnamese border provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Dien Bien reached consensus on disease prevention cooperation between the two sides.