Vingroup on July 10 sent 1,000 ventilators to people in Russia, Ukraine and Singapore to help deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
General director of Vingroup Nguyen Viet Quang presents the ventilators to Russian Ambassador К.V.Vnukov on July 10
Vingroup today sent the first batches of 500 Vsmart VFS-510 ventilators to Russia and 300 to Ukraine through the embassies of the countries in Vietnam. The group has also pledged to send 1,600 more Vsmart VFS-410 ventilators to the two countries before August 30.
Also on Friday, Vingroup sent 200 ventilators VFS-510 to the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam to help in their fight against the virus.
Speaking at the delivery ceremony, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam, Konstantin V. Vnukov highly appreciated Vingroup's success in various fields including construction, telecommunications, the auto industry, and their recent efforts in joining the health sector.
"Vietnam and Russia have always helped each other during difficult times," the ambassador said. "The gift we were presented with today has continued to show a traditional good friendship between our two countries."
According to the group, the Vsmart VFS-410 is an invasive ventilator based on turbine technology with similar features to other high-end portable invasive ventilators on the market. The ventilator is provided with sensors that monitor and give warning about maintaining oxygen levels, positive end-expiratory pressure, measure patient breathing, and self-adjust to synchronise with this breath. The ventilator is compact, lightweight, and portable which can be used for ambulances or emergency cases at the scene and hospitals after Covid-19 pandemic is controlled.
The VSmart VFS-510 uses technology transferred and improved from a commonly used ventilator from U.S.-based Medtronic, the world’s leading producer of breathing apparatus. VFS-510 is compact, lightweight, and portable with six flexible breathing modes that can be used for both adult and paediatric patients who need invasive or noninvasive breathing support as directed by their physicians.
