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Vietnamese expats in Germany donate to support flood victims in German localities

The Vietnamese community living and working in Germany have donated 30,050 EUR to help people in two flood-affected states in this European country.
Vietnamese expats in Germany donate to support flood victims in German localities ảnh 1The Vietnamese community living and working in Germany have donated 30,050 EUR to help people in two flood-affected states in this European country. (Photo: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – The Vietnamese community living andworking in Germany have donated 30,050 EUR to help people in two flood-affectedstates in this European country. 
At a ceremony on August 12 to hand over 15,000 EUR worth of donations to representatives from Rheinland-Pfalz state, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu expressed sympathy to people in Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen states, who are facing difficulties caused by serious flooding recently. 
Trinh Thi Mui, head of the fundraising board said that the Vietnamesecommunity in Germany consider the country their second homeland. Witnessing theheavy consequences of natural disasters in the two westernstates of Germany, the Vietnamese community in Germany has responded to the appeal for donations to share some of the difficulties with the peopleaffected by the flood.
According to Mui, the board has received a total of 30,050 EUR from 382individuals, families, businesses and associations. 
The historic flooding last July devastated Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen states, destroying most infrastructure and claiming the lives of at least 191 people, while tens of thousands of people were injured./.
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