OVs give helping hand to African countries in COVID-19 fight
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa presented 100,000 face masks to the representative missions of Namibia and Botswana in Pretoria on August 13 to help the two African nations combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The face masks donated by Vietnamese people in South Africa aim to help people in the two African nations cope with COVID-19,mVietnamese Ambassador Hoang Van Loi told the ambassador of Namibia and the chargé d’affaires of Botswana.
Regarding the pandemic situation in Vietnam, the local diplomat said the Vietnamese Government regards the COVID-19 combat as the most urgent task at present, and that Vietnam always places the top priority on people’s health and lives.
He also shared Vietnam’s experience in pandemic prevention and control and discussed the countries’ cooperation chances with the other diplomats.
Namibian Ambassador to South Africa Veiccoh K. Nghiwete greatly valued the support, while describing it as a manifestation of the friendship, fraternity, and solidarity between the peoples of Vietnam and his nation.
Chargé d’Affaires of Botswana Tiny Mothobi, in turn, also expressed thanks to the Vietnamese people, noting that the donation will be sent to her homeland as swiftly as possible.
Earlier, the Vietnamese embassy in South Africa also presented face masks to the representative agency of Eswatini and contacted those of Lesotho and Zimbabwe in order to provide them with 50,000 masks each.
The embassy has also dispatched delegations to hand over face masks to schools in Pretoria, and worked out plans to continue the mask presentation programme in other localities like Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces as suggested by the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation.