Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (left) hands over the masks German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner on May 6.

Amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association called for the donation of 80,000 masks to help Germany. The masks are gifts from the members of the association and Vietnamese people who love Germany, Dung added.

German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner praised Vietnam’s achievement in the COVID-19 fight. The mask gift underlined the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Germany.

Earlier, Vietnam has donated over a million antibacterial masks and other medical supplies to countries worst-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, including Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Japan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US.