At the ceremony, Minister Counselor Hoang Thi Thanh Nga spoke highly of efforts undertaken by the US capital to curb the spread of the disease while maintaining appropriate activities.

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Minister Counsellor Hoang Thi Thanh Nga (second from left) presents a haul of 3,500 medical face masks to Washington DC representatives.

She expressed a belief that the city will soon overcome the challenges and help the lives of local residents return to normal, and pledged that staff members at the embassy would always comply with local guidelines on battling the pandemic.

The diplomat also expressed a hope for stronger Vietnam-US relations in the time to come, as the two countries mark 25th anniversary of bilateral ties being normalised this year.

Kimberly Bassett from the Washington D.C. administration said the masks will be distributed to the city’s public schools prior to the new term beginning.

She vowed to closely cooperate with and create favorable conditions for the embassy to act as a bridge linking the Governments and people of the two countries.

Source: VNA