The batch comprises 150,000 test kits provided by the World University Service of Germany (WUS) and 30,000 others offered by Berlin.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu (L) symbolically receives 30,000 rapid test kits presented by Berlin Christian Rickerts, State Secretary for Energy and Digital Affairs in the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises.

Dr. Kambiz Ghawami, President of the WUS, said that the gift aims to show Germany’s solidarity with Vietnamese people, which is hoped to help the country control Covid-19 as soon as possible.

With the support of Vietnam Airlines, in May 2020, the WUS received more than 200,000 face masks as gifts of Vietnam to Germany, he noted, adding that this was evidence of the solidarity between friends that always stand shoulder by shoulder through difficulties.

Earlier on August 19 in Berlin, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu symbolically received 30,000 rapid test kits presented by Berlin.

Hanoi rolls out large-scale coronavirus testing drive

Hanoi rolls out a large-scale coronavirus testing drive from August 27 to September 4, 2021 in an effort to fight the epidemic.

Vietnamese student wins third prize at 50th UPU writing contest

Vietnamese student Dao Anh Thu, an eighth grader from Nguyen Huy Tuong Secondary School, Dong Anh District, Hanoi City, won third prize at the 50th Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter Writing Contest.

Ho Chi Minh City’s 8th grader wins special prize of Covid-19 drawing contest

With her painting “Vietnam niem tin chien thang” (Vietnam faith in victory), Tran Nguyen Uyen Nghi, an 8th grader from Ho Chi Minh City, won the special prize of a drawing contest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the organising board announced on August 22.

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite completes final tests in Japan

On August 17, micro-satellite NanoDragon, developed and built by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC), was officially transferred to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, General Director of VNSC.

376 persons in Mia market relating to two Covid-19 infections test negative to Covid-19

(BGO) - According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Bac Giang province, 376 cases relating to twp Covid-19 victims (F0) who are drivers from Thai Binh province to Mia market in Tan My commune, Bac Giang city have the first negative results for SARS-CoV-2.

Source: NDO/VNA