People in Laos wear facemasks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Source: VNA) Quang Ngai (VNA) - 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.
The Command coordinated with the local Department of Health and the Department of External Affairs to present essential medical supplies worth over 400 million VND (17,140 USD) to the provincial Military High Command in Champasak, including electronic thermometers, 6,700 facemasks, 300 sets of protective gear, hundreds of boxes of medical gloves, 300 bottles of hand sanitizer, and chemical spray.
Tuan said the gifts aim to help tighten solidarity, closeness, and mutual understanding between Vietnam and Laos.
Quang Ngai’s Military High Command also handed over 150 million VND donated by soldiers and officers to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in support of the fight against COVID-19./.
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