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Health Ministry receives medical supply donation

The Health Ministry on April 7 received medical supplies for SARS-CoV-2 testing worth 1 million USD from real estate group CapitaLand.
Health Ministry receives medical supply donation ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The Health Ministry on April 7 received medical supplies for SARS-CoV-2 testingworth 1 million USD from real estate group CapitaLand.

The supplies include chemicalsand the Vietnam-made LightPower iVASARS-CoV-2 1stRT-rPCR PLUS KIT (VA.A02-055G)test kits.

Speaking at thehand-over ceremony in Hanoi, Patrick Liau, General Director at CapitaLand, saidthe company hopes that the aid will give the Vietnamese Government moreresources in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.  

CapitaLand, one of thebiggest real estate developers in Asia, has been invested in Vietnam for over25 years. The company, along with its CapitaLand Hope Foundation, has engagedin supporting disadvantaged children in Vietnam for years. 

Deputy Minister ofHealth Nguyen Thanh Long thanked the company for standing side by side with theVietnamese Health Ministry in the anti-COVID-19 fight, saying that the gift isan encouragement for the health sector./.



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