Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC)Central Committee said on April 24 that it has decided to offer a reliefpackage worth over 270 million VND (11,700 USD) in cash and kind to victims affected by recent hailstorms in the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien, Lao Caiand Lai Chau.
Specifically,it will grant 30 million VND, 50 boxes of household goods and 50 sets of homerepair tools to Lao Cai, 50 boxes of household goods and 50 sets of home repairtools to Lai Chau, and 50 million VND to Dien Bien.
Cash will begiven to households with injured people, collapsed or damaged houses, with a priority givento the poor, the disabled, the elderly and those with children aged below 5. Meanwhile,boxes of household goods and home repair tools will be handed over to families with collapsedhouses.
The VNRCchapter of Lai Chau also donated 81 million VND to families in Nam So commune (Tan Uyen district), Dao San and Tung Qua Lin communes (Phong Tho district) torepair houses./.