Vietnam Red Cross donates medical supplies to Cambodia
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) has donated 60,000 medical masks and 300 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) to its Cambodian counterpart to help the Cambodian people fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh (centre, left) hands over the medical aids from the Vietnam Red Cross Society to the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) Society in Phnom Penh on April 29. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - The Vietnam Red CrossSociety (VRC) has donated 60,000 medical masks and 300 sets of personalprotective equipment (PPE) to its Cambodian counterpart to help the Cambodian people fight theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The donation was handed over by Vietnamese Ambassadorto Cambodia Vu Quang Minh to the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) Society in PhnomPenh on the morning of April 29.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, head of the CRC’s FinancialCommittee Ouk Maly expressed her deep gratitude for the aid, adding that themedical supplies will be distributed to hospitals around Cambodia.
She spoke highly of relations between the Red CrossSocieties of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, particularly given the three havesigned an agreement to enhance the exchange of experience and expand cooperation.
She went on to say that the CRC has also receiveddonations from many Vietnamese enterprises in Cambodia to assist the country’sCOVID-19 relief efforts, for example the Bank for Investment and Development ofCambodia, a subsidy of the Vietnam-based BIDV, and Viettel’s Metfone.
The donations, including rice, hand sanitiser, medicalmasks, and soap, have been given to people throughout Cambodia, she said.
She expressed her appreciation towards the VRC and Vietnamesepeople at large for sharing with and supporting Cambodia in times of difficulty,preserving long-standing ties between the two countries' people.
Ambassador Minh, for his part, said he is proud to seemany Vietnamese firms contributing to the CRC’s efforts. He also took theoccasion to thank the CRC for providing regular assistance to Vietnamese-bornCambodians facing difficulties, particularly those hurt by the pandemic.
On April 8, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, hepresented medical supplies worth 7 billion VND (298,200 USD) to the Cambodian Governmentand people to aid their fight against COVID-19🍸. The aid included PPE, medicaland anti-bacterial masks, and coronavirus testing kits./.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh (centre, left) hands over the medical aids from the Vietnam Red Cross Society to the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) Society in Phnom Penh on April 29. (Photo: VNA)
