German companies donate medical equipment to Vietnam
Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu has recently received the token of medical equipment worth 350,000 USD donated by Techtronic Industries (TTI) Co., Ltd and Deutsches Haus (German House) Co., Ltd in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu (R) receives the token of medical equipment worth 350,000 USD donated by Techtronic Industries (TTI) Co., Ltd and Deutsches Haus (German House) Co., Ltd in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu hasrecently received the token of medical equipment worth 350,000 USD donated by TechtronicIndustries (TTI) Co., Ltd and DeutschesHaus (German House) Co., Ltd in Ho Chi Minh City.
The goods comprised 15 sets of ventilators Savina 300 and 30 sets of patient monitoringequipment. These goods will be handed over to the VietnamFatherland Front Committee in HCM City to support the locality’s fight againstthe COVID-19 pandemic.
Horst Geicke,Chairman of GermanHouse, expressed his hope that the assistance of the twocompanies, other firms, and German friends will contribute to help HCM City effectivelycombat the health crisis.
Ambassador Vu thankedthe two enterprises for responding to the embassy's appeal to donate medicalequipment to Vietnam, expressing his gratitude to support provided by Germanand international businesses and friends for Vietnam in its COVID-19 preventionand control work.
He expressed his belief that with tireless efforts of the Vietnamese Government,localities and relevant agencies, along with cooperation and contribution ofinternational friends, Vietnam will soon contain the pandemic.
He hoped that German companies and businesses will continue to accompanyVietnam in its fight against the pandemic, and continue to invest and dobusiness in Vietnam.
Vietnam has received nearly 3.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by theGerman government. The Germany government has also pledged to supportVietnam with medical equipment worth about 20 billion VND (over 875,000 USD),including 75 ventilators, 15 patient monitoring equipment, and 20,000 oxygenmeters.
In addition, inresponse to the embassy's appeal, states, localities and other businesses ofGermany have also donated more than 800,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits, hundredsof thousands of medical masks and other medical supplies./.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu (R) receives the token of medical equipment worth 350,000 USD donated by Techtronic Industries (TTI) Co., Ltd and Deutsches Haus (German House) Co., Ltd in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA) 
