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Overseas Vietnamese in Laos help disaster victims

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane and the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos launched a fund-raising campaign on September 24 to support victims of natural disasters in the two countries.
Overseas Vietnamese in Laos help disaster victims ảnh 1Overseas Vietnamese raise funds to support disaster victims (Source: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) – The Overseas VietnameseAssociation in Vientiane in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Laoslaunched a fund-raising campaign on September 24 to support victims of natural disastersin the two countries.

Speaking at the ceremony, President of the association DaoMinh Chau said that half of the money raised during the six-day campaign willbe sent to the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the other half over to the LaoMinistry of Labour and Social Welfare.

The campaign has received enthusiastic response from theVietnamese community in Vientiane, embassy staff and Vietnamese businesses inLaos.

After two hours launching the campaign, 15,550 USD wascollected.

Minister Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy Nguyen ThanhTung hailed the sympathy of overseas Vietnamese towards the homeland and theirhost country.

StormDoksuri, the strongest one hitting Vietnam in many years, hit central Vietnamin mid-September, claiming nine lives and leaving four missing and 112 injured. Total losses were estimated at about 385 million USD.

Meanwhile, typhoon Sonca in early August caused flooding andlandslides in 14 Lao provinces killing 10 people and resulting in asset lossesof around 7 million USD.-VNA
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