Ambassador of Vietnam to China Pham Sao Mai (L) receives donations of medical supplies from China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Vietnamese border provinces. (Photo: VNA)The donations include 800,000 doses of Vero Cell COVID-19vaccine, an ECMO machine and other medical equipment, which will be sent to borderprovinces of Vietnam. It was the largest-ever aid Guangxi has provided to aforeign partner, showing its great support for Vietnamese neighbouring localities.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Governor of Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region Huang Junhua said the COVID-19 resurgence in Vietnam is ofgreat concern to the region’s Party, administration and people; and that Guangxiviews challenges facing Vietnamese border provinces as its own obstacles andwants to provide maximum assistance to help the Vietnamese localities soon stamp out the outbreak.
Accepting the donations on behalf of the Vietnameseprovinces, Ambassador of Vietnam to China Pham Sao Mai thanked Guangxi for the gesture, saying it demonstrates the two countries’ long-standing friendship andsolidarity.
He also expressed his belief that the recipients willeffectively use the donated medical supplies to combat the coronavirus.
The two officials later took the occasion to discuss ways tofurther step up win-win cooperation between Vietnam and Guangxi.
Mai asked Guangxi to continue facilitating customs clearanceof Vietnamese exports, particularly agricultural products and seasonal fruits, toChina to prevent supply chain disruption; and urge competent Chinese authoritiesto give farm produce from Vietnam broader access to the Chinese market.
The ambassador also requested the Chinese side to fully implement threelegal documents regarding Vietnam-China land border and properly handle relatedissues to make it a border of peace, friendship, cooperation and developmentfor the benefit of both peoples./.
VNA
