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More aid coming to flood-hit residents

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on November 5 received nearly 12 billion VND (roughly 518,800 USD) donated by overseas Vietnamese for flood victims in the central region.
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Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee TranThanh Man on November 5 received nearly 12 billion VND (roughly 518,800 USD) donated by overseas Vietnamese for flood victims in the central region.

The fund was handedover by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the State Committeefor Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Dang Minh Khoi. It was raised from Vietnamesefrom Ukraine, Thailand, the Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Laos,Cambodia, Germany, Australia, Hungary and the US.

According to Man, over307.7 billion VND has been channeled through fatherland front committees atdifferent levels to support the flood-affected residents.

Also on November 5, theVFF President got 2 billion VND as relief aid to the victims from SunshineGroup.

Sincelate September, 235 people in the central region have been listed as dead and missing from storms and floods, which have also caused estimated economiclosses of about 17 trillion VND, according to a Government report to theNational Assembly on November 2./.
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