Project ID: 92716

Chinese government provides COVID-19 equipment to Laos in March 2020

Commitment amount

$ 342998.1554373676

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 342998.16

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Laos

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2020-03-30

Actual start

2020-03-30

Actual complete

2020-03-30

Description

On March 30, 2020, the Chinese government donated COVID-19 equipment to Laos. The donated equipment included 2,016 testing kits, 5,000 sets of protective clothing and 405,000 face masks. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony took place in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. The Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Laos, Wang Qihui, and Lao Deputy Health Minister, Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, attended the ceremony.

Additional details

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Laos [Government Agency]