Vietnam gifts medical supplies worth $30,000 to Bangladesh

The Vietnamese government has presented Bangladesh with medical supplies worth $30,000 to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Authorised by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dzung gifted the medical supplies to the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Vietnam Samina Nazat at a ceremony in Hanoi yesterday.

Dzung emphasised that the pandemic is still evolving complicatedly in Vietnam and across the globe, but Vietnam still wishes to share the burden and support regional and international friends according to the tradition of solidarity and humanity.

Bangladesh is a traditional friend, he said, always having good relations with Vietnam over the past decades.

Although this amount of medical supplies is modest compared to the needs of the country, it shows the spirit of solidarity and willingness to share difficulties with Bangladesh, of the government and people of Vietnam.

Dzung expressed his belief that with efforts made by the government and people, Bangladesh will quickly overcome this difficult time.

Samina praised the effectiveness of Covid-19 prevention and control in Vietnam over the past time, and thanked the Vietnamese government and people for the valuable assistance, describing it as proof of the traditional friendship between the countries.

At the ceremony, Dzung also handed over medical supplies from the government and people of Vietnam to the Ambassador of Sri Lanka.

In recent months, Vietnam also has donated masks and medical supplies to a number of countries, which are heavily affected by the epidemic. Although it is also affected by Covid-19, Vietnam is willing to share resources with foreign friends and create favorable conditions for their citizens to stay in Vietnam.