A flooded area in Binh Dinh (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA)– The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee launched a campaign onDecember 20 to raise funds for local residents in flood-hit south centralprovinces.
At the launchingceremony, the VFF Central Committee received over 8 billion VND (around 352,000USD) and 9,800 USD donated by ministries, sectors and organisations to theaffected people.
The same day, VicePresident Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presented 300 million VND to residents andanother 300 million VND (13,200 USD) sourced from theNational Fund for Vietnamese Children for kids in flood-affectedareas in Binh Dinh province.
She also visited andpresented gifts to support 20 affected households and 10 million VND to afamily in Phuoc Hoa commune of Tuy Phuoc district.
A delegation from theMinistry of Education and Training led by Deputy Minister Pham Manh Hung also handedover 400 million VND (17,600 USD) and 2,500 sets of textbook to students in theflood-hit districts of Phu Cat, Tuy Phuoc and An Nhon in Binh Dinh province.
According to theprovincial People’s Committee, floods have claimed 36 lives, injured 10 othersand cause total losses of 1,230 billion VND (some 54.1 million USD).
The province so far hasreceived 12,000 packages of gift, worth 11.5 billion VND to support affectedresidents. It also disbursed 50 billion VND (2.2 million USD) from the provincialreserve budget to aid local people.
A total of 8.3 billionVND (365,200 USD), donated by organisations and individuals both in and outsidethe province, has been used to build 166 houses for the flood victims.
The province called onthe Government to allocate 500 billion VND (22,000 USD) to address theconsequences of the floods.
Also on December 20, adelegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development visited thesouth central coastal province of Khanh Hoa to help local farmers resumeagricultural production after the floods.
The delegation visited land-slidePhuoc Loc village in Phuoc Dong commune, Nha Trang city, in which two werekilled, six were injured and one went missing.
The working team alsosupervised the flooded fields in Dien Dien, Dien Son, Dien Phu communes, inDien Khanh district.
Four teams have been setup to help other south central localities, namely Thua Thien – Hue, Da Nang,Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan overcomeconsequences of floods.
Since early this month,floods and heavy rains have hit Khanh Hoa, causing a loss exceeding 600 billionVND (26,400 USD) and damaging 8,000 hectares of rice, 1,300 hectares of corn,280 hectares of vegetables, irrigation works, killing thousands of livestock,and sinking dozens of ships.
Floods and heavy rainshave caused serious damages, worth over two trillion VND (88 million USD) tothe five provinces of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam and Khanh Hoa.59 were reported dead and missing, 22 injured, and hundreds of thousands ofhouses collapsed and flooded.-VNA
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