Vietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar Ly Quoc Tuan has handed over 35,000 surgical face masks to Mandalay - the second largest city of Myanmar - to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar Ly Quoc Tuan (right) hands over medical
supplies to Mandalay city on December 12, 2020 

This is the gift from Vietnamese citizens and Da Nang City.

Earlier, the Vietnamese Government had donated a total of US$70,000 and MMK 30 million (about US$ 23,000) in aid, and 160,000 medical face masks, and sanitizers and medical supplies to Myanmar, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Yangoon.

In addition, Myanmar-based Vietnamese enterprises sponsored US$20,000 and MMK 7.5 million (US$ 5,566) in aid, and 10,000 face coverings. 

As of December 13, Myanmar confirmed 108,342 cases of Covid-19, including 2,268 deaths./.