Society

VNA helps flood-hit people in Thua Thien-Hue

A working delegation from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), led by member of the Party Central Committee and VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi, visited the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and held a working session with leading officials on November 2.
VNA helps flood-hit people in Thua Thien-Hue ảnh 1The working session between VNA and Thua Thien-Hue officials on November 2 (Photo: VNA)

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - A workingdelegation from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), led by member of the PartyCentral Committee and VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi, visited the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue and held a working session with leading officials onNovember 2.

Expressing his condolences over the loss oflife and property caused by recent flooding, Loi said that VNA has launched afund-raising programme in support of people in the central region. A total of600 million VND (25,800 USD) has been collected and sent to the VietnamFatherland Front to assist those in need.

He passed on his congratulations over thesuccess of the recent 16th provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025tenure, believing that the two sides can continue to develop cooperation inproviding information on Thua Thien-Hue’s people and culture as well as itssocio-economic development potential and advantages to Vietnamese people andinternational friends.

Member of the Party Central Committee andSecretary of the provincial Party Committee Le Truong Luu thanked VNA for itsassistance to local authorities and people.

Storms and floods have left 43 people dead andmissing, he said, submerged hundreds of thousands of houses, and brought down over15,000 trees.

The locality is speeding up the search formissing workers at the Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant in Phong Dien district anddeploying resources to help local people quickly stabilise their lives.

On this occasion, the VNA delegation, in cooperationwith Bao Viet Bank, presented 80 relief aids worth 100 million USD to flood-affectedpeople in Quang Phu and Quang Tho communes in Quang Dien district./.
VNA
#Vietnam News Agency#Thua Thien-Hue#flood-hit people#Vietnam Fatherland Front#central region#Rao Trang 3#Bao Viet Bank#floods#updated Vietnam news#Vietnamplus#Vietnam News Agency
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Efforts in search for Tra Leng landslide victims

Efforts in search for Tra Leng landslide victims

All-out efforts have been exerted to search for residents missing in the landslide which hit Tra Leng commune, Nam Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam on October 28.

See more

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

ASEAN’s goods, culinary culture promoted in Europe

The ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) launched an "ASEAN Food Corner" on October 22, aiming to promote the culinary culture and introduce goods from ASEAN countries to consumers in the Czech Republic and Europe at large.

If the plan is approved, public employees will enjoy a continuous 9-day Tet break from January 25 to February 2 next year. (Photo: VNA)

2025 Lunar New Year holiday plan submitted to PM

The Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs on October 22 submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister regarding the schedule for the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) – Vietnam’s largest traditional celebration – and other national holidays.

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang continues to take firm stand against IUU fishing

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).

Yen Bai city in the northern province of Yen Bai is severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam receives EU’s humanitarian aid for Typhoon Yagi victims

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received humanitarian response and early recovery support from the European Union and its member states through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)' Emergency Appeal to assist the Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floodings.

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France (Photo: VNA)

Conscripted Vietnamese workers honoured with ceremony in France

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

At the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between Bac Lieu and Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period. (Photo: VNA)

Bac Lieu, Korean locality sign labour cooperation agreement

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

(Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang strives to reduce poverty rate to 0.87% this year

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees at all levels in the southern province of Tien Giang have collaborated with agencies and organisations to speed up social security programmes, aiming to reduce the province's poverty rate to 0.87% this year, said Vice President of the provincial VFF Committee Huynh Van Hai.

The Chinese sailor is rushed to FV (Franco-Vietnamese) Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment as soon as he is brought to the shore. (Photo: VNA)

Chinese sick sailor on vessel AMIS STAR provided with first aid

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.

At the meeting between Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang and UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam respects right to freedom of belief, religion: official

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang highlighted Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion for all people, while meeting with UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif in his recent trip to Switzerland.