Vietnam willing to assist Cambodia in preventing COVID-19: Minister
Vietnam is willing to send medical experts and doctors to support Cambodia in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long told his Cambodian counterpart Mam Buncheng at an online meeting on April 22.
Vietnamese representatives at the online meeting with the Cambodian side(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam is willing to send medical experts and doctors to supportCambodia in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Longtold his Cambodian counterpart Mam Buncheng at an online meeting on April 22.
The two sides shared their experience at the meeting and discussed how toeffectively coordinate together in containing the spread of COVID-19.
Long highly valued Cambodia’s efforts and measures to respond to the pandemic,saying that if Buncheng agrees, Cambodia’s pandemic-related health facilitieswill be connected to Vietnam’s.
Remote consultation proved an effective and successful tool for Vietnam duringits first two waves of COVID-19, he said, adding that it was also successful intreating infections during its third outbreak, when no fatalities were recorded.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has decided to present Cambodia with 800 breathingmachines, 2 million medical facemasks and 300,000 N95 face masks, as well as other medical equipment given the complexdevelopments of the pandemic in Cambodia, Long said.
This is one of the largest support packages Vietnam has given to anothercountry to help it prevent and control the pandemic, he noted, saying that if theCambodian side agrees, the Ministry of Health will transport the equipment fromTan Son Nhat International Airport to Cambodia as soon as possible.
Long proposed the Cambodian side enhance COVID-19 prevention measures inborder areas amid an increasing number of illegal border crossings, while affirming that Vietnam willalso perform this task well.
He thanked the Cambodian side for the support and health care offered toVietnamese people living in the country, and expressed his hope that it willswiftly overcome the difficulties and challenges in fighting the pandemic.
For his part, Buncheng expressed his gratitude for Vietnam’s assistance inpreventing the health crisis, saying that the Cambodian side will officiallydiscuss with Vietnam the receipt of the support through its Ministry of ForeignAffairs./.
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Vietnamese representatives at the online meeting with the Cambodian side(Photo: VNA) 
