Landslides cause traffic congestion on road 40B in North Tra My district, Quang Nam. (Photo: VNA)Quang Nam (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and offeredsympathy to flood victims in the central province of Quang Nam on December 19.
The Stateofficial encouraged residents of Dien Ban Duy Vinh communes in Duy Xuyendistrict to resume their production after a recent flood. She ordered localauthorities to support them and prevent hunger in these localities.
A total of215 gifts were presented to the residents and 100 million VND (4,394 USD) werehanded over to Duy Xuyen district in order to help recover local sources oflivelihood.
After thevisit, Thinh and her delegation had a working session with provincialofficials.
Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Committee Dinh Van Thu reported that the Decemberflooding is the worse since the beginning of the year, which left thousands ofhouses submerged, vegetable plantations damaged and transport in Cua Dai rivermouth and inland main roads paralysed.
The local authoritieshave coordinated water releases at local hydropower plants and devised measuresto help affected residents resume production.
He proposedthe Government providing financial assistance to fix damaged main roads of theprovince.
The VicePresident stressed the Party and Government’s commitment to tackling the floodconsequences, with the Fatherland Front CentralCommittee calling fordonations in Vietnam and abroad.
She urgedthe local administration to submit documents asking for assistance to thegovernment as soon as possible.
At themeeting, the Vice President, who is also head of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC), presented 300million VND (13,182 USD) from the fund to help local children continue theirstudy.-VNA
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