Rs 7.7 million donated to Vietnam

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has donated Rs 7.7 million to Vietnam as a gesture of goodwill and friendship with the Vietnamese who were recently affected by severe floods resulting in big loss of life and property. “Pakistan’s Ambassador to Vietnam GR Baluch presented a cheque to the deputy foreign minister of Vietnam,” Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in a press statement on Friday.He said that Pakistan accorded high priority to its relations with the South East Asian countries, as it was an important element of East Asia policy.All aspects of bilateral cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields between Pakistan and Vietnam are progressing at an encouraging pace and both the countries have recently celebrated 35 years of establishment of diplomatic relations, the spokesman said