PARAÑAQUE CITY, Oct. 29 (PIA) – The Vietnamese government donated US$ 50,000-worth of COVID-19 RT-PCR test kits with accompanying extraction kits to the Philippines, through the Department of Health (DOH).
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., and Health Undersecretary Carolina Taino ceremonially received the donation Wednesday, October 28, 2020, from Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Huy Chung. The test kits have since been delivered to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).
Describing the donation as a manifestation of the enduring close friendship between the Philippines and Vietnam, Ambassador Chung assured Secretary Locsin of the Vietnamese government’s support for the Philippines’ ongoing efforts in fighting COVID-19, as well as in promoting and protecting the welfare of the Filipino people.
The donation, which comes ahead of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the Philippines-Vietnam Strategic Partnership on 17 November 2020, was shipped with support from Vietnamese entrepreneur Johnathan Hanh Nguyen and the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi. Vietnam is making similar donations to other ASEAN Member States.
Also in attendance at the ceremony were Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Meynardo L.B., Foreign Affairs Director for Southeast Asia I Donna Celeste D. Feliciano-Gatmaytan, and Vietnamese Second Secretary Nguyen Thai Giang. (DFA/PIA-NCR)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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