May 20, 2021 | 19:50 (GMT+7)
More support sent to help Laos combat COVID-19
International Cooperation Company 705 on May 19 handed over 250,000 antibacterial face masks, 30,000 cloth masks, 750kg of Chloramine B chemical flour and 3,500 hand sanitizers worth 1.9 billion VND (82,278 USD) as a gift of the Vietnam People’s Army’s Military Region 2 to provinces and units in North Laos to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior Colonel Bui Van Dai, member of the Party Committee of Military Region 2 and the company’s chairman, said that the gift demonstrates the profound attention and close sentiments of the military region’s Party Committee and units towards northern Lao provinces and units.
Chief of the Lao People's Armed Forces’ Infantry Division Major General Sayavong Saynamthilath expressed his profound gratitude and affirmed the medical supplies will be handed over to right persons.
On the same day, at the headquarters of the Lao Health Ministry, representatives of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the family of donor Tran Viet Tuan presented over 300,000 medical face masks worth 10,000 USD to support Laos’ fight against the pandemic.
The face masks then will be delivered to Laos’ Central Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, the Lao Youth Union Central Committee, the overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, the coordinating board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Laos, and the Vietnamese Embassy in the country.
Source: VNA