Vietnam Red Cross donates medical supplies to Cambodia
Phnom Penh (VNA) - The Vietnam Red Cross
Society (VRC) has donated 60,000 medical masks and 300 sets of personal
protective equipment (PPE) to its Cambodian counterpart to help the Cambodian people fight the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The donation was handed over by Vietnamese Ambassador
to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh to the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) Society in Phnom
Penh on the morning of April 29.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, head of the CRC’s Financial
Committee Ouk Maly expressed her deep gratitude for the aid, adding that the
medical supplies will be distributed to hospitals around Cambodia.
She spoke highly of relations between the Red Cross
Societies of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, particularly given the three have
signed an agreement to enhance the exchange of experience and expand cooperation.
She went on to say that the CRC has also received
donations from many Vietnamese enterprises in Cambodia to assist the country’s
COVID-19 relief efforts, for example the Bank for Investment and Development of
Cambodia, a subsidy of the Vietnam-based BIDV, and Viettel’s Metfone.
The donations, including rice, hand sanitiser, medical
masks, and soap, have been given to people throughout Cambodia, she said.
She expressed her appreciation towards the VRC and Vietnamese
people at large for sharing with and supporting Cambodia in times of difficulty,
preserving long-standing ties between the two countries' people.
Ambassador Minh, for his part, said he is proud to see
many Vietnamese firms contributing to the CRC’s efforts. He also took the
occasion to thank the CRC for providing regular assistance to Vietnamese-born
Cambodians facing difficulties, particularly those hurt by the pandemic.
On April 8, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, he
presented medical supplies worth 7 billion VND (298,200 USD) to the Cambodian Government
and people to aid their fight against COVID-19. The aid included PPE, medical
and anti-bacterial masks, and coronavirus testing kits./.