The medical supplies comprise 50,000 face masks, 1,000 sanitizer bottles and 50 electronic thermometres. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Major General Nguyen Quoc Duyet, Commander of the Hanoi Capital High Command, said through the aid package, his unit aims to share difficulties facing the Lao army and people, and contribute to strengthening the solidarity, friendship and mutual trust between the two countries, armies and capital commands in particular.
Present at the handover ceremony in Hanoi, Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang said the medical supplies will help Laos in the COVID-19 fight.