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COVID-19 vaccines, medical equipment donated in NA leader’s trip handed over

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on September 12 witnessed the hand-over of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and supplies donated during his just-concluded trip to Europe.
COVID-19 vaccines, medical equipment donated in NA leader’s trip handed over ảnh 1Hand-over of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment and supplies donated during NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue's just-concluded trip to Europe (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue onSeptember 12 witnessed the hand-over of COVID-19 vaccines and medicalequipment and supplies donated during his just-concluded trip to Europe.

At the event, the NA working delegation handed over 100,000vaccine doses presented by Belgium, 100,000 doses by Slovakia, and medicalequipment and supplies worth 1.028 trillion VND (45.1 million USD), includingover 4 million rapid test kits, 650 ventilators, 500 patient monitors, andfive PCR testing machines, to the Health Ministry.

The delegation also handed over to the Central Committee ofthe Vietnam Fatherland Front 230 million VND from the Vietnamese community inthe Czech Republic donated to HCM City and 135 million VND from the Vietnamesecommunity in Austria donated for the COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

The remaining amount of medical equipment and supplies willbe shipped to Vietnam by air soon.

Also in the trip, a number of contracts related to test kitproduction, COVID-19 vaccine research and production were signed by Vietnameseenterprises and foreign partners.
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