Da Nang has donated 37,500 surgical face masks in total to Laos and Russia which are facing critical shortages of medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Chairwoman Lien (2nd right) presenting surgical face masks to representatives from the Laos Consul General in Da Nang

On Wednesday morning, representatives from the Da Nang Fatherland Front Committee handed 17,500 and 20,000 face coverings to staff of the Laos Consul General and the Russian Consul General respectively, both in Da Nang, to help for citizens in these countries to protect themselves from coronavirus.

At the handover ceremony in these foreign diplomatic facilities in Da Nang on Wednesday, Chairwoman of the municipal Fatherland Front Committee Dang Thi Kim Lien said the Covid-19 outbreak is brought under control in Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole, and believed that Laos and Russia would win the fight against the deadly virus.

By TRAN KHANG - Translated by MAI DUNG