Colonel Nguyen Minh Khuong, head of the working delegation, personally handed over the medicines and supplies to Sa Weli Frag, Director-General of the Disaster Management Department under Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, on the morning of April 1.
Colonel Nguyen Minh Khuong hands over the medicines and supplies to Sa Weli Frag on April 1.
According to authorities, the donated items include antibiotics, digestive medicines, flu treatments, and basic healthcare equipment such as blood pressure monitors, blood glucose meters, stretchers, bandages, gauze, disinfectants, and materials for disease prevention, including mosquito spray dispensers and insecticide chemicals.
Sa Weli Frag expressed his gratitude for Vietnam’s humanitarian assistance and stated that the medicines and medical supplies would be promptly transferred to Myanmar’s Ministry of Health for distribution to the hardest-hit areas suffering from severe shortages of essential supplies.
Earlier, on the night of March 31, while carrying out search and rescue operations in Zabuthiri Township, the Vietnamese delegation also donated medicines and essential goods to the local authorities.
A 106-member rescue team from Vietnam has begun search and rescue operations in Myanmar since March 31.
Myanmar’s military government confirmed that, as of March 31, the official death toll from the earthquake had reached 2,056. Additionally, 3,900 people were injured, and 270 remain missing.
These figures mark a sharp increase compared to the previous day, when Myanmar recorded 1,700 fatalities due to the earthquake on 30 March.
The number of casualties from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar is expected to rise further as rescue efforts continue.
