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ICFO supports Vietnamese fishermen

Chairman of the International Cooperative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO) Kim Im-Kweon has agreed to provide 10,000 USD to support fisheries cooperatives and fishermen in Vietnam’s central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Ninh Thuan, which were severely affected by the recent typhoon Damrey.
ICFO supports Vietnamese fishermen ảnh 1Fishermen in Ninh Thuan province (Photo VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the InternationalCooperative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO) Kim Im-Kweon has agreed to provide10,000 USD to support fisheries cooperatives and fishermen in Vietnam’s centralcoastal provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Ninh Thuan, which were severelyaffected by the recent typhoon Damrey.

Chairman of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance(VCA) Nguyen Ngoc Bao will present the cash to fisheries cooperatives in PhuYen on November 29 and Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan on November 30.

Earlier he had a working session with KimIm-Kweon – who is also Chairman of the National Federation of FisheriesCooperatives of the Republic of Korea (NFFC) to exchange the developmentsituation of Vietnamese fisheries cooperatives and share difficulties they arefacing.

He proposed the ICFO provide both material and spiritualassistance for fisheries cooperatives in the central part of Vietnam, whichsuffered heavy losses caused by the storm.

The ICFO, one of the sectoral organisations of the InternationalCooperative Alliance (ICA), was founded in 1976. It assists fisheriesdevelopment by providing information on fisheries to fisheries cooperativesaround the world, and promotes exchange of expertise and experience among themthrough training, symposiums, seminars, and other means.

Typhoon Damrey, the 12th major storm in the EastSea, hit Vietnam’s south central coast on November 4. Following downpoursand floods had claimed 89 lives and left 18 missing and 174 others injured incentral and Central Highlands localities as of November 7, according to theNational Committee for Search and Rescue.-VNA

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