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The handover ceremony held at Vietnam Buddhist Sangha headquarters (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has presented 100 ventilators and 50 oxygen
concentrators worth nearly 14 billion VND (606,000 USD) to India as the
pandemic reaches crisis levels in the country.
Addressing the virtual handover
ceremony in Hanoi on May 12, Most Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Vice Chairman and
General Secretary of the VBS’s Executive Council, emphasised the long-standing
friendship between Vietnam and India.
Thousands of
Vietnamese Buddhists visit religious sites in India and hundreds of Vietnamese monks
and nuns study at universities in the country each year, according to Thien,
A shipment has arrived from Italy containing an oxygen production plant and 20 ventilators arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport as Covid relief aid on Monday afternoon. Several countries have been extending a helping hand to India, to fight the second wave of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, two relief aircraft from the US landed in the national capital of India carrying over 1,000 oxygen cylinders, regulators and other medical equipment as well as 125,000 vials of Remdesivir on Sunday. India after the second wave has been continuously named as second worst-hit country, resulting in a shortage of oxygen, beds, drugs and other medical essentials. Between April 28 and May 2, the Delhi airport has handled around 25 Covid relief flights, which have brought in around 300 tonnes of medical supplies from various countries such as the US, the UK, the UAE, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Germany, Qatar, Hong Kong and China. Amid the covid crisis this relief material received so far compris