Dien Bien presents aid to armed forces of Lao provinces
The Border Guard High Command in the northern border province of Dien Bien on May 10 presented medical equipment and foodstuff worth over 100 million VND (4,360 USD) to the Military High Command and Police of Phongsaly and Luang Prabang provinces of Laos.
At the ceremony to hand over aid packages to the Military High Command and Police of Luang Prabang province of Laos (Source: VNA)
DienBien (VNA) - The Border Guard High Command in the northern borderprovince of Dien Bien on May 10 presented medical equipment and foodstuff worthover 100 million VND (4,360 USD) to the Military High Command and Police ofPhongsaly and Luang Prabang provinces of Laos.
During thehandover ceremonies at the Tay Trang and Huoi Puoc border gates in Dien Bien,leaders from the two sides discussed the COVID-19 situation in their localities.
They alsoagreed to bolster cooperation between border guard forces in patrols to preventillegal entry and exit and to create favourable conditions for export-importprocedures for citizens and goods to be completed at the border gates of TayTrang and Pang Hoc in Laos, in keeping with regulations and the COVID-19preventive measures of both sides.
At the ceremony to hand over the aid to the Military High Command and Police of Phongsaly province (Source: VNA)
Leadersof the Military High Command and Police of the Lao provinces expressed theirgratitude for the timely support from the Dien Bien Border Guard High Command.
They voicedtheir hope that border guard forces of both sides will regularly exchangeinformation on border control and protection and share their experience intackling COVID-19, helping to build a Laos-Vietnam border of peace, cooperation,and development./.
After learning about a number of Vietnamese in Laos getting infected with COVID-19, the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane has taken a range of measures to support the Vietnamese community in the country.
The Cambodian Ministry of Health on May 8 reported 538 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infection so far to 18,717, including 7,340 recoveries.
Eighty new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the past 12 hours to 6am May 10, including 78 domestic infections and two imported, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.
