Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung hands over the token of the 140,000 medical face masks to Japan's representative (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung on May 8 handed overthe token of the 140,000 medical face masks from the Vietnamese Government andpeople to their counterparts in Japan.
The gift, the new batch of medical supplies, was made in accordance with an agreement between Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart Abe Shinzo during their May 4 phonetalks.
Before the hand-overceremony, Deputy FM Trung received new Japanese Ambassador toVietnam Yamada Takio.
Trung emphasised that as strategic partners of each other,Vietnam and Japan have actively shared information and cooperated closely in fighting COVID-19 within both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, including ASEAN 3.
He spoke highly of measurestaken by the Japanese government to cope with the disease, while sharing hissympathy over losses caused by COVID-19 in Japan.
He thanked the Japanese government for supporting Vietnam in combating the disease as well as its assistance for the Vietnamese community in Japan, while expressing his belief that Japan willsoon defeat the epidemic.
Deputy FM Trung called for the ambassador’sclose coordination to promote the extensive strategicpartnership in all fields between Vietnamand Japan.
For his part, Ambassador Yamada conveyed deepthanks to the Government and people of Vietnam for thier valuable assistance,saying that the Japanese side will effectively use the gift.
He expressed his admiration for Vietnam's response to the pandemic, saying thatVietnam is a model in preventing and controlling the disease.
Japan will continue toclosely work with Vietnam in the fight, support Vietnam in promotingsocioeconomic development, as well as strengthencooperation at international and regional forums, especially in the contextthat Vietnam serves as ASEAN Chair in 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure, he said.
He promised to do his best to contribute to promoting friendship andcooperation between the two nations./.
VNA
