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Kazakhstan receives medical supplies from Vietnam

Kazakhstan lower house on July 16 announced that the Vietnamese National Assembly had sent humanitarian aid in the form of personal protective equipment (PPE) to help Kazakhstan people curb the spread of CVOID-19.
Kazakhstan receives medical supplies from Vietnam ảnh 1Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)

Moscow (VNA) – Kazakhstan lower house on July 16 announced that the VietnameseNational Assembly had sent humanitarian aid in the form of personal protective equipment(PPE) to help Kazakhstan people curb the spread of COVID-19.  

ThePPE from Vietnam has been sent to medical facilities in Atyrau province inwestern Kazakhstan, it said in a press release.

TheKazakhstan lower house appreciated the gift from the Vietnamese NA, adding thatthe distribution of the humanitarian aid was made under the supervision ofmembers of the Kazakhstan lower and upper houses./.
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