At the event, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung informed the ambassador about Việt Nam’s ongoing battle against the pandemic and expressed his sympathy toward the Indian Government and people over difficulties in the current crisis the country is facing.
The minister expressed his belief that under the leadership of the Government and with the solidarity of the entire people, the pandemic in India would be put under control soon.
Ambassador Pranay Verma, for his part, said the move reflected the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two nations amid the pandemic. He also pledged to effectively use ventilators presented by the Vietnamese side.
India is gripped in the world’s most devastating wave of infections, recording daily cases of 300,000 and more over several recent days with the amount of patients overwhelming the healthcare system.
The total caseload has reached over 22.9 million to date.
