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US firms present medical supplies to HCM City

The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AMCHAM Vietnam) and Intel Products Vietnam company presented medical supplies to the 115 Emergency Centre in Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony on July 21. ​
US firms present medical supplies to HCM City ảnh 1At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)


HCM City (VNA) – TheAmerican Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AMCHAM Vietnam) and Intel ProductsVietnam company presented medical supplies to the 115 Emergency Centre in HoChi Minh City at a ceremony on July 21.

The supplies included an ambulanceand specialised equipment worth over 2.2 billion VND (95,600 USD).

Speaking at the ceremony,Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City To ThiBich Chau thanked the AMCHAM Vietnam for joining hands with Ho Chi Minh City inthe fight against COVID-19.

She also spoke highly of medicalcooperation between the US and Vietnam, including the role of the US Centresfor Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Agency for InternationalDevelopment.

Deputy Director of the CDC office inHo Chi Minh City Amy Bailey, for her part, congratulated Vietnam on itspositive achievements in COVID-19 control.

Bailey said AMCHAM Vietnam’spresentation of medical supplies to Ho Chi Minh City is a vivid symbol of USfirms’ core community value.

She also wished that ties between the two countrieswill be increasingly closer./.

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