The test kit handover ceremony in Hanoi on July 2 (Photo: Ministry of Health)Hanoi (VNA) – The on
July 2 received 190,000 test kits worth some 500,000 USD donated by
German states via the (WUS).
The rapid antigen test kits are donated by the
states of Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Sachsen-Anhalt.
At the handover ceremony in Hanoi, Deputy
Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong thanked the German Government and people
for their precious and effective assistance to Vietnam’s healthcare sector in
the recent past, expressing his hope that medical cooperation between the two
countries will continue developing in the time ahead.
The test kits will be distributed to provinces and
cities facing complex pandemic developments to serve the fight against COVID-19,
he added.
He also noted that in 2020, when the pandemic
first broke out in , the Vietnamese Government presented 100,000 face
masks to its German counterpart. Besides, Vietnamese people in the European
nation also donated 100,000 masks to German states while making face masks and
offering free meals to medical establishments and rest homes in the country.
German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner said
the test kits are part of Germany’s support presented via the WUS, which will
call on the administrations of German states to make more donations to provide
Vietnam with about 1 million rapid COVID-19 test kits in the coming time.
The aid reflects the solidarity between the two
countries, not only at the governmental level but also the state level, he
emphasised./.
Source: VietnamPlus
