The devices were handed to the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 8.

At the hand-over ceremony.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh said MoIT officials share nCoV-caused difficulties facing the Chinese people, especially residents in Wuhan city, and expressed his admiration for extraordinary efforts by the Chinese Government and people to fight the acute respiratory disease.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo thanked the ministry for its support, saying he believed that with the great endeavours of the Chinese Government and people, the epidemic will be stamped out soon.

As important partners of each other, Vietnam and China should closely coordinate to minimimise the disease’s impacts on bilateral trade, including trade activities at border gates, he said.

As of February, a total of 811 people had died of the disease and almost 37,200 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions, according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on February 9 confirmed the 14th case of nCoV infection.

PM checks nCoV fight in Thua Thien-Hue

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 7 checked the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by coronavirus (nCoV) in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam records 13th nCoV infection case

The Ministry of Health announced in February 7 evening that Vietnam has recorded the 13th case tested positive to the novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Vietnamese province assists Chinese region in nCoV fight

Vietnam’s northern border province of Lang Son presented 350,000 medical face masks to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China on February 6 to join hands in the fight against the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV).

Bac Giang city mobilizes forces to join in nCoV epidemic prevention

(BGO) – Bac Giang city is the capital of ​​Bac Giang province that houses many agencies, units and schools, and is a crowded place. Amid the urgent need of the prevention and control of an acute respiratory disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus called nCoV, the city is urgently implementing measures with a determination to prevent the disease.

Bac Giang gives top priority for nCoV prevention and control

(BGO) - Chairman of the People’s Committee of Bac Giang province Duong Van Thai, Head of the Steering Committee for prevention against the acute respiratory epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus (the Steering Committee) chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee and the assisting team on 5 February.

Source: VNA