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Vietnam - US mutual support in COVID-19 fight wins high appreciation

The mutual support between Vietnam and the US in COVID-19 response was highlighted at a recent online ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the US to mark the homeland’s 76th National Day (September 2).
Vietnam - US mutual support in COVID-19 fight wins high appreciation ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc addresses the virtual ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The mutual support between Vietnam and the US in COVID-19 response washighlighted at a recent online ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in theUS to mark the homeland’s 76th National Day (September 2).

Vietnamese Ambassador Ha KimNgoc thanked international friends and partners, especially the US Governmentand people, for supporting Vietnam in COVID-19 response.

He emphasised Vietnam’sdiplomatic efforts amid the pandemic and affirmed that high-level mutual visitsand meetings which have taken place and will be organised have been helping tointensify the Vietnam - US comprehensive partnership and contributing to peace,cooperation, and development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Taking part in thecelebration, Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant to the US President and Coordinator for Indo-PacificAffairs on the National Security Council, highly valued the twocountries’ mutual assistance in the most trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic,as seen in Vietnam’s presentation of personal protective equipment to the USand the latter’s donation of vaccine to the former.

He noted the US Centres forDisease Control and Prevention’s recent opening of its Southeast Asia RegionalOffice in Vietnam will help further strengthen bilateral ties in the pandemic fight.

At the event, manyinternational friends and Vietnamese people in the US offered congratulationson Vietnam’s National Day, expressing their belief that the two countries’relations will keep flourishing, and Vietnam will surmount pandemic-causeddifficulties soon, recover, and develop sustainably./.
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