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Quang Ngai supports Lao province in COVID-19 fight

The People’s Committee of central Quang Ngai province has provided financial assistance and medical equipment to the southwestern Lao province of Champasak to combat COVID-19, Colonel Bui Ta Tuan, Political Commissar of the provincial Military High Command, said on May 28.
Quang Ngai supports Lao province in COVID-19 fight ảnh 1People in Laos wear facemasks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Source: VNA)

Quang Ngai (VNA) - The People’sCommittee of central Quang Ngai province has provided financial assistance andmedical equipment to the southwestern Lao province of Champasak to combatCOVID-19, Colonel Bui Ta Tuan, Political Commissar of the provincial MilitaryHigh Command, said on May 28.

The Command coordinated with the localDepartment of Health and the Department of External Affairs to presentessential medical supplies worth over 400 million VND (17,140 USD) to theprovincial Military High Command in Champasak, including electronicthermometers, 6,700 facemasks, 300 sets of protective gear, hundreds of boxesof medical gloves, 300 bottles of hand sanitizer, and chemical spray.

Tuan said the gifts aim to help tightensolidarity, closeness, and mutual understanding between Vietnam and Laos.

Quang Ngai’s Military High Command also handedover 150 million VND donated by soldiers and officers to the Vietnam FatherlandFront Central Committee in support of the fight against COVID-19./.
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