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VFF extends sympathies to flood victims

The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on July 21 sent a message of sympathy to authorities and people affected by floods in Thanh Hoa, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces.
VFF extends sympathies to flood victims ảnh 111 people were killed, 12 others went missing and 13 were injured in floods. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The StandingBoard of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on July 21 sent a message of sympathy toauthorities and people affected by floods in Thanh Hoa, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, NgheAn and Ha Tinh provinces.

The message noted that storm Son Tinh,the third tropical storm to enter the East Sea this year, has triggeredtorrential rains and floods in the north central provinces of Thanh Hoa, NgheAn and Ha Tinh, and the northern mountainous provinces of Yen Bai and Hoa Binh,causing human and property losses.

The Central Steering Committee forNatural Disaster Prevention and Control reported that as of July 21 morning, 11peoplewere killed, 12 others went missing and 13 were injured in floods. Besides, thenatural disasters also damaged hundreds of houses, and flooded and destroyedhundreds of hectares of rice and other food crops.

The VFFCC Standing Board applauded thehigh sense of responsibility and concerted efforts of all-level PartyCommittees, authorities, VFF’s chapters, organisations, agencies and armedforces in searching for the missing and supporting flood victims.

In the message, the VFFCC Standing Board asked the VFF committees ofthe provinces to coordinate with local authorities and provincial steeringboards for natural disaster prevention and control to evaluate human andproperty losses caused by the floods and reported to the VFF.

The VFFCC Standing Board also announced a decisionto send 5 million VND (220 USD) in aid to each family of the bereaved andmissing, 3 million VND (30 USD) to each seriously injured person and 40 millionVND (1,760 USD) to each family made homeless by the floods.-VNA
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