Officials of Lang Son province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China at the handover event on February 6 (Photo: VNA) Lang Son (VNA) – Vietnam’s northern borderprovince of Lang Son presented 350,000 medical face masks to the Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region of China on February 6 to join hands in the fight against the2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV).
At the presentation event at the Huu NghiInternational Border Gate, Secretary of the Lang Son Party Committee Lam ThiPhuong Thanh said her province sympathises with the difficulties that China,including the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is facing in the combat againstthe nCoV-caused acute respiratory disease.
She affirmed that Lang Son, and Vietnam as well,always stands side by side with Chinese forces and localities to synchronouslyand drastically carry out solutions to control the epidemic.
Thanh also called on both sides to keep closecoordination to boost communications to raise their people’s awareness of thedisease while maintaining trading activities.
For his part, Vice Chairman of the GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Region Yang Jinbai appreciated the precious material andspiritual support from Lang Son and Vietnam amid complex developments of thedisease.
He said thanks to this assistance, Guangxi inparticular and China in general will have more momentum to successfully curbthe epidemic.
Earlier, Lang Son had also provided the Chineseside with 265,000 face masks, 500 bottles of isopropyl alcohol, 800 protectivesuits, along with many other medical facilities./.
VNA
