Hessen state and the Messer Group GmbH of Germany on July 15 presented 160,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits worth 500,000 EUR (590,300 USD) to help Vietnam in the fight against the pandemic.
Berlin (VNA)– Hessen state and the Messer Group GmbH of Germany on July 15 presented160,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits worth 500,000 EUR (590,300 USD) to help Vietnamin the fight against the pandemic.
During a handoverceremony held in Hessen state, Vietnamese Consul General in Frankfurt Le QuangLong received the token of 130,000 test kits from President of the Hessen StateParliament Boris Rhein and another token of 30,000 test kits from CEO of the MesserGroup Stefan Messer.
Long said his believesthat with the Vietnamese Government’s stringent and effective policies inbattling the pandemic, along with consensus and support of the Vietnamesepeople and international friends, the country will soon bring COVID-19 undercontrol.
For his part, Rhein highlightedHessen state’s traditional friendship with Vietnam, with the Vietnam-GermanyUniversity (VGU) viewed as a lighthouse project of the sides, saying that bothsides have paid attention to and helped each other in times of hardship.
When Germany faced ascarcity in face masks in early 2020, the Vietnamese people promptly presentedmore than 100,000 masks to the European country, he recalled.
President of the Hessen State Parliament Boris Rhein (third from left) presents the aid to Vietnamese Consul General in Frankfurt Le Quang Long (second from left (Photo: VNA)
Rhein took theoccasion to express his gratitude to Dr. Kambiz Ghawami, Executive Chairman ofthe World University Service (WUS) non-governmental organisation, for connectingthe aid provision; and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines for transporting theassistance to Vietnam free of charge.
The Messer Group,specialising in industrial gases, has operated in Vietnam in nearly 25 years, withsix plants and two others being in the pipeline.
Ghawami previouslycalled on all 16 German states to support Vietnam to combat COVID-19. The firstbatch of aid containing over 190,000 test kits from the states of Bremen,Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Sachsen-Anhalt arrived in Vietnam in lateJune./.
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President of the Hessen State Parliament Boris Rhein (third from left) presents the aid to Vietnamese Consul General in Frankfurt Le Quang Long (second from left (Photo: VNA) 
