Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung (right) and Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (left) presents medical supplies to Envoy of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam Shinichi Asazuma (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam on April 16 presented medical supplies as gifts of itsgovernment and people to their Japanese counterparts to support them in thefight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Accordingly, the Vietnamese government donated made-in-Vietnam face masks andmedical supplies worth 100,000 USD in total to Japan.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also presented 50,000 medicalface masks to the Russian Presidential Office and the Japanese Cabinet Office.
While handingover the medical supplies to the Japanese government and people, VietnameseDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said amid the complicateddevelopments of COVID-19, Vietnam and Japan have soon deployed cooperationwithin bilateral and multilateral frameworks to combat the pandemic, includingcoordination in successfully holding the online Special ASEAN 3 Summiton COVID-19 on April 14.
AsazumaShinichi, Envoy of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, thanked the Vietnamesegovernment and people for their valuable support, saying the gifts are a sourceof great encouragement and demonstrate the sentiment and solidarity Vietnam hasgiven to Japan.
The official described Vietnam as a model in coping with COVID-19 and affirmedthat, based on the bilateral extensive strategic partnership, Japan willcontinue coordinating closely, sharing information and cooperatingwith Vietnam to combat the disease.
Presenting the gifts to the RussianPresidential Office, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dungsaid as a comprehensive strategic partner and traditional friend of Russia,Vietnam has always kept a close watch on the situation in Russia and highlyevaluated the prompt and drastic measures that Russia has taken to prevent andcontrol COVID-19.
Vietnam believedthat under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin and the solidarity of theRussian people as well as its world-leading medical capacity, the country willsoon win in the fight against the pandemic, Dung added.
He affirmed that, as a responsible member of the international community,Vietnam is willing to share experience and join hands with other countries toimplement countermeasures against COVID-19.
Russian Ambassador to Vietnam K. Vnukov thanked Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucas well as leaders of the Government Office, ministries, and sectors of Vietnamfor the support./.
The official described Vietnam as a model in coping with COVID-19 and affirmedthat, based on the bilateral extensive strategic partnership, Japan willcontinue coordinating closely, sharing information and cooperatingwith Vietnam to combat the disease.
Presenting the gifts to the RussianPresidential Office, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dungsaid as a comprehensive strategic partner and traditional friend of Russia,Vietnam has always kept a close watch on the situation in Russia and highlyevaluated the prompt and drastic measures that Russia has taken to prevent andcontrol COVID-19.
Vietnam believedthat under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin and the solidarity of theRussian people as well as its world-leading medical capacity, the country willsoon win in the fight against the pandemic, Dung added.
He affirmed that, as a responsible member of the international community,Vietnam is willing to share experience and join hands with other countries toimplement countermeasures against COVID-19.
Russian Ambassador to Vietnam K. Vnukov thanked Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucas well as leaders of the Government Office, ministries, and sectors of Vietnamfor the support./.
VNA
