The ASEAN Committee in the Czech Republic on May 11 presented face masks to a district in Prague capital city in response to a call of local authorities to help disadvantaged people to surmount COVID-19.
Prague (VNA) –The ASEAN Committee in the Czech Republic on May 11 presented face masks to adistrict in Prague capital city in response to a call of local authorities tohelp disadvantaged people to surmount COVID-19.
The handover ceremonysaw the attendance of ambassadors and representatives of six embassies of ASEANnations in the Czech Republic, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
The aid is part ofactivities joint held by the embassies to show solidarity between ASEAN and theCzech Republic in fighting the ravaging pandemic.
Receiving the aid,Mayor of Prague 6 district Ondrej Kolar voiced his gratitude to the embassiesof ASEAN countries for their support for local authorities and residents in thefight against COVID-19.
Efforts in battlingthe pandemic have proven effective in the European nation, especially after avaccination drive since March, he said, adding that more than 30 percent of thecountry’s population has been inoculated.
For his part,Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung took the occasion tothank the Czech government, relevant agencies and frontline workers forproviding treatment and helping foreigners infected with COVID-19, includingVietnamese living in the country.
The diplomatreiterated that the embassies of ASEAN members always attach significance toand hope to promote the ASEAN-Czech Republic friendship and cooperation./.
Vietnamese people living in the Czech Republic have taken anti-COVID-19 measures very seriously, Chairman Milos Kusy of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association told Aktualne.cz in an interview on March 24.
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At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
