Vietnam to ship 450,000 protective suits to United States

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS APRIL 8, 2020 / 11:40 AM / UPDATED 31 MINUTES AGO

Vietnam to ship 450,000 protective suits to United States

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has expedited the shipment of 450,000 DuPont protective suits to the United States to help healthcare professionals there fight the coronavirus, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said on Wednesday.

“The first of two initial shipments of over 450,000 made-in-Vietnam DuPont protective suits arrived in U.S. Strategic National Stockpile on April 8,” the Embassy said in a statement.

“This shipment will help protect healthcare professionals working on the front lines against COVID-19 in the United States and demonstrates the strength of the U.S.-Vietnam partnership,” it added.

Vietnam, which has recorded 251 coronavirus cases, with no deaths, said on Tuesday it had donated 550,000 masks to five European countries.

Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by James Pearson

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam/vietnam-to-ship-450000-protective-suits-to-united-states-idUSKCN21Q2BK

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Isn't Viet Nam one of the places we go to for jeans and skirts when China...

isn't cheap enough?

MAGA my rosy red ass

[LiberalArkie]

2. Yep

[Yonnie3]

3. Cool, but ...

They've "arrived in U.S. Strategic National Stockpile on April 8." I would very much like to know where they go next? Where they are most needed, to highest bidder through private industry, to red states, or for a quid pro quo of praise?

You never know.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. So that our government can sell them to the highest bidder?