Vietnamese representatives at the online meeting with the Cambodian side(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is willing to send and doctors to support
Cambodia in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long
told his Cambodian counterpart Mam Buncheng at an online meeting on April 22.
The two sides shared their experience at the meeting and discussed how to
effectively coordinate together in containing the spread of COVID-19.
Long highly valued Cambodia’s efforts and measures to respond to the pandemic,
saying that if Buncheng agrees, Cambodia’s pandemic-related health facilities
will be connected to Vietnam’s.
Remote consultation proved an effective and successful tool for Vietnam during
its first two waves of , he said, adding that it was also successful in
treating infections during its third outbreak, when no fatalities were recorded.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has decided to present Cambodia with 800 breathing
machines, 2 million medical face
masks and 300,000 N95 face masks, as well as other medical equipment given the complex
developments of the pandemic in Cambodia, Long said.
This is one of the largest support packages Vietnam has given to another
country to help it prevent and control the pandemic, he noted, saying that if the
Cambodian side agrees, the Ministry of Health will transport the equipment from
Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Cambodia as soon as possible.
Long proposed the n side enhance COVID-19 prevention measures in
border areas amid an increasing number of illegal border crossings, while affirming that will
also perform this task well.
He thanked the Cambodian side for the support and health care offered to
Vietnamese people living in the country, and expressed his hope that it will
swiftly overcome the difficulties and challenges in fighting the pandemic.
For his part, Buncheng expressed his gratitude for Vietnam’s assistance in
preventing the health crisis, saying that the Cambodian side will officially
discuss with Vietnam the receipt of the support through its Ministry of Foreign
Affairs./.
Source: VietnamPlus
