Dien Bien (VNA) – President ofthe Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presented500 million VND (22,000 USD) to aid Dien Bien’s flood relief efforts at aworking session in the mountainous province on September 7.
At the function, the provincial VFF CentralCommittee reported that it has transferred more than 2 billion VND (88,000 USD)from donors to about 5,000 needy families, aided some 6,000 households with closeto 5 billion VND (220,000 USD) for hunger alleviation, and presented about3,000 gifts for social welfare beneficiaries and disadvantaged people so farthis year.
Since the beginning of July, many localfamilies have had their property damaged by floods. As of September 5,donations from 32 provinces and cities nationwide for the victims amounted to7.5 billion VND (330,000 USD). The VFF also sent more than 1.5 billion VND(66,000 USD) and 20 tonnes of rice.
Man acknowledged the efforts and asked theprovincial VFF chapter to improve its social monitoring function, particularlyin flood relief and distribution of flood aid.
On the occasion, Man visited and presentedgifts to needy students at the Dien Bien boarding high school for ethnicminorities and a number of flood-hit households in Dien Bien district’s Muong Phangcommune.-VNA