VOV.VN - At the ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB) activity programme, Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan and a diplomats from ASEAN members held a virtual working session with Swiss-based biotech conglomerate Roche Group to discuss co-operation in the COVID-19 fight.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of Vietnam’s ASEAN SOM, has suggested ASEAN and China prioritise coordination in fighting COVID-19 and spurring sustainable recovery.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 15 stressed the need to protect people’s health, considering this a primary task of the medical sector amid the complicated nature of the COVID-19 pandemic both domestically and globally.

The ASEAN Committee in the Czech Republic on May 11 presented face masks to a district in Prague capital city in response to a call of local authorities to help disadvantaged people to surmount COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, who is also chairman of the Vietnam – India Friendship Association (VIFA), presented 100 ventilators to help India in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during an online meeting on May 11 with Indian Ambassador to Vietnam.

Governors of Phnom Penh and Vientiane on May 7 spoke highly of Ho Chi Minh City’s initiative to organize an online discussion between leaders of the three major cities of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to share experience in the COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has offered both Vientiane and Phnom Penh a sum of US$50,000 each as part of efforts to support the capitals of Laos and Cambodia to overcome the negative impact caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - The fight against COVID-19 and National Assembly election are among issues which are at the top of the agenda of a regular monthly Cabinet meeting held in Hanoi on May 5.

VOV.VN - The nation handed over financial aid and medical supplies to Laos in order to assist the neighbouring country in its ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during at a ceremony held on the morning of May 4 at Wattay International Airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam on May 3 handed over medical equipment to the Ministry of National Defence of Laos to help it fight COVID-19.