Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hassent a letter encouraging frontline forces in COVID-19 prevention and control, recognisingand complementing their contributions and efforts in the fight.

He noted that in response to the call by Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 29, the whole Party, people and army hasworked hard with a high determination to stamp out the pandemic.

Over the past more than 500 days, COVID-19 has been a testfor the Vietnamese people’s endurable capacity, mutual support and patriotism, he stated,adding that positive results have been made despite great challenges ahead.

“Through the past more than 500 days of fighting against a ‘hidden,transforming and invisible’ enemy, we have got a better understanding and beengrateful to the sacrifice by all frontline forces, especially medical workers.Their devotion has made a nice picture with colours of humanitarian values,sacrifice, sharing and national solidarity,” PM Chinh wrote.

The PM underscored that although COVID-19 has been developing complicatedly and unexpectedly and causing difficulties and hardships, it has failed to lessen the frontline forces' spirit for the community.

“I can feel the spirit of ‘three readiness’, ‘three responsibilities’,and ‘five voluntariness’ of the glorious past days that are spreading inthe frontline forces in the pandemic fight. You have been ready to go to anywhere,do anything for the people and the Fatherland,” stressed the Government leader.

Highlighting hardships that the forces, including medicalstaff, local officials, soldiers, public security officers, reporters and volunteers,have suffered while performing COVID-19 prevention and control activities, aswell as difficulties facing people across the country due to the pandemic, he underscoredthat the Party and State always understand the difficulties and hope that thepandemic will be pushed back soon.

The Party and State highly value and complement thecontributions, sacrifice and whole-hearted efforts by the frontline forces,especially medical staff, he wrote.

Holding that COVID-19 will still develop complicatedlyin the future and the fight against the pandemic will be prolonged with variousdifficulties, PM Chinh expressed his hope that the forces will continue to keep theirenthusiasm and a kind heart to serve the people.

“With the persistence, endurance, high determination andmore drastic actions as well as synchronous and comprehensive measures, alongwith the support of people and businesses in the COVID-19 combat, we will surely overcomethe pandemic. We will win it!”

The PM wished the forces good health and happiness, stressing that theParty, State and people always stand by them./.