Vietnam Gives the U.S. 250,000 Locally Made Medical Masks
- Masks are worth $100,000, Ministry of Foreign Affairs says
- Vietnam also gives Japan $100,000 of masks, medical equipment
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Vietnam is donating 250,000 domestically made medical masks to the U.S., which has seen deaths from the novel coronavirus top 30,000.
The masks, including 50,000 given to the White House, are worth at least $100,000, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnam also gave Japan masks and locally made medical equipment worth $100,000, the ministry said in an e-mailed statement.