His thanks come as Vietnamese in the city presented 635 pairs of medical socks on April 11 to health workers at the hospital with direct contact with COVID-19 patients.
He lauded Vietnam as a good example to follow in COVID-19 prevention and control.
Strict physical distancing and social unity, he said, have helped the country avoid the serious consequences caused by the disease in Europe and the US.
Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda (Komsomol Truth) newspaper, meanwhile, ran an article on April 14 with images of Vietnamese citizens presenting free face masks to local residents.