Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung (R) and Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech (Photo: VNA)Prague (VNA) – The plans to deliver ,000 doses of
vaccine against COVID-19 to Vietnam this week, and decides to transfer
additional 500,000 doses to the Southeast Asian country, Czech Health Minister Adam
Vojtech has stated.
Speaking at a working session with Vietnamese Ambassador to
the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung on August 20, the minister affirmed his
support for strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the health field,
especially in human resources training and sending Vietnamese nurses to work at medical and nursing facilities of the Czech Republic.
He welcomed the investment project of the International
Children’s Hospital in Da Nang city and promised to work with medical
businesses to consider funding for the Viet – Tiep Friendship Hospital in Hai
Phong city.
Ambassador Dung congratulated the Czech Republic on
effectively conducting vaccinations and putting the pandemic under control, and
thanked the Government for the timely and valuable support in donating vaccines
and quick test kits as well as transferring vaccines to Vietnam.
He emphasised that Vietnam wishes to strengthen cooperation
with the Czech Republic, focusing on human resource training, medical equipment
manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
The two sides discussed measures to promote bilateral health
cooperation, particularly in implementing cooperation in prevention as
mentioned during the phone call between the two Prime Ministers on August 9.
The Czech Health Minister expressed his wish to visit
Vietnam soon to further strengthen the traditional friendship between the two
countries./.
Source: VietnamPlus
