Cambodia grants face masks, oxygen to support HCMC’s Covid-19 fight

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s largest Covid-19 hotspot – held a ceremony at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on July 19 to receive a shipment of face masks and oxygen generators donated by Cambodia.
Cambodia grants face masks, oxygen to support HCMC’s Covid-19 fight ảnh 1 Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc and Prime Minister Samdech Hunsen, Royal Government and people of Cambodia attend the receiving ceremony at Tan So Nhat Airport. (Photo: SGGP)
The gift from the Cambodian Government comprises 1 million medical face masks, 100,000 N95 face masks, 100 five-litre oxygen generators and cash worth US$200,000.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc thanked Prime Minister Samdech Hunsen, Royal Government and people of Cambodia for their support of Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular.
Youk Sambath, Secretary of State under the Cambodian Ministry of Health, said that the time-honoured friendship and solidarity between Cambodia and Vietnam has been nurtured by generations of leaders and peoples of both countries.
Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the mutual support between the two countries clearly reflects their close and strong neighbourliness, she stated, believing that the bilateral collaboration will be tightened, thus bringing about benefits for the two peoples, and for peace, security and development in the region and the world.
Cambodia grants face masks, oxygen to support HCMC’s Covid-19 fight ảnh 2 A shipment of face masks and oxygen generators donated by Cambodia (Photo: VNA)

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