Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has warned drug stores to refrain from hiking prices of face masks or see their licenses revoked.

Since late January 2020, health agencies of the two countries have shared information and data to combat Covid-19.

Vietnam is trying to produce invasive and non-invasive ventilators to replace imported ones.

The complicated evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US is partly attributable to the lack of medical equipment, including ventilators.

Not only financial means, Vietnam has also provided medical equipment and expertise to help Laos in the fight against the pandemic, said the Lao ambassador to Vietnam.