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Vice President presents gifts to flood victims in Quang Binh province

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on October 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the central province of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by floods in recent days.
Vice President presents gifts to flood victims in Quang Binh province ảnh 1Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on October 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the central province of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by severe floods in recent days. (Photo: VNA)

Quang Binh (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh onOctober 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the centralprovince of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by severe floods in recent days.

Floods caused by torrential rains have claimed two lives in the provinceand damaged nearly 15,200 houses, thousands of hectares of crops andaquaculture as well as roads and other infrastructure facilities.

In Quang Ninh district, the Vice President handed over 100 million VND(over 4,310 USD) to the mountainous commune of Truong Son to help it overcomethe consequences of flooding. She also presented 60 gifts of essential goods tolocal poor households.

In Le Thuy district, Thinh granted 100 million VND each to Lien Thuy andAn Thuy communes, 30 million VND to the kindergarten of Lien Thuy commune and50 gifts to local people.

Torrential rain is continuing in Quang Binh, posing high risk of floodreturning.

Also on October 13, the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) said the second batch ofrelief goods has been delivered to four central provinces – Quang Binh, QuangTri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam – worth a total 1.4 billion VND.

A working team of the VRC Central Committee will travel to ThuaThien-Hue on October 14 to distribute the relief goods.

Earlier, the VRC sent the first batch of relief goods worth nearly 500million VND to Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam./.

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