April 18, 2020 | 19:46 (GMT+7)
Medical supplies presented to Lao security departments
The Public Security Department of central Thua Thien-Hue province on April 18 presented medical supplies and necessities to the Security Departments of the Lao provinces of Salavan and Sekong to support them in the COVID-19 fight.
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At the ceremony. Photo: PLVN |
The gifts include 10,000 face masks, 50 sets of protective clothing, 1,000 pairs of medical gloves, disinfection machines, two tonnes of rice and 200 boxes of instant noodle, with a combined value of 200 million VND (8,570 USD).
On this occasion, agencies and organisations in the central province also granted over 1,300 bottles of hand sanitizer, 1,000 face masks, 100 boxes of instant noodle, among others to the Security Departments of Laos.
The gifts are expected to help Lao officers, soldiers and people in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and tighten relations between the Thua Thien-Hue Public Security Department and the Security Departments of Salavan and Sekong.
Thua Thien-Hue shares a 84-kilometre borderline with the two Lao provinces.
Source: VNA