FedEx workers load the protective suits onto a plane for shipment to the US. (Photo: twitter.com/realDonaldTrump)
Washington (VNA) – US PresidentDonald Trump has spoke highly of medical cooperation with Vietnam the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.
“Thismorning, 450,000 protective suits landed in Dallas, Texas. This was madepossible because of the partnership of two great American companies - DuPont andFedEx - and our friends in Vietnam. Thank you!” he wrote on his Twitter accounton April 9 morning (Hanoi time).
US President Donald Trump says thanks on Twitter
Thisis the first of the two shipments of made-in-Vietnam DuPont protective suits tothe US as part of cooperation between the two countries to expedite thedelivery of equipment to serve the fight against COVID-19 in the US.
TheUS Department of Health and Human Services contracted FedEx Express to expeditethe delivery of the suits to the US Strategic National Stockpile in order toaddress the urgent need for protective equipment for front line staff responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.
TheUS and Vietnamese governments have cooperated extensively in health care and theCOVID-19 fight in particular. Since the beginning of this crisis, the USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Agency forInternational Development (USAID) have been collaborating with Vietnamese competent agencies to monitor and respond to the evolving COVID-19 situation.
According to USAmbassador to Vietnam Dan Kritenbrink, over the past 20 years, the US has allocated more than 706 million USD in health assistance for Vietnam, and overthe past decade has provided substantial technical and financial support toprevent, detect, and respond to emerging and serious infectious diseases.
Most recently, the USAID announced 2.9 million USDin additional health assistance to help the Vietnamese government to acceleratelaboratory systems; strengthen case-finding and event-based surveillance; andsupport technical experts for rapid response, risk communication, and infectionprevention and control.
Previously, Vietnam had also presented medical supplies tomany other countries, including Laos, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, to assist them in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic./.
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FedEx workers load the protective suits onto a plane for shipment to the US. (Photo: twitter.com/realDonaldTrump) 
US President Donald Trump says thanks on Twitter 
