Vietnam will provide 225 billion VND (12.6 million USD) and 10,000 tonnes of rice to central and Central Highlands provinces to help them overcome the consequences of Typhoon Mirinae.

According to decision No. 1779/QD-TTg dated November 4, beneficiaries will be Binh Dinh province, which will receive 70 billion VND and 3,000 tonnes of rice; Phu Yen province, 100 billion VND and 4,000 tonnes of rice; Khanh Hoa province, 20 billion VND and 1,000 tonnes of rice; Ninh Thuan province, 5 billion VND; and Gia Lai province, 30 billion VND and 2,000 tonnes of rice.

The decision said that financial support is expected to help local people resume agricultural production, repair damaged infrastructure and prevent diseases.

On November 4, the Vietnam Red Cross gave a relief aid package worth 600 million VND in kind to storm-hit families in Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan provinces. It also provided two million VND to each victim’s family.

The Japan Tobacco International (JTI), on the same day, provided funding to the Vietnam Red Cross to build flood-resistant houses for households in flood-prone areas. The funding is part of JTI’s three-year plan to build 100 houses of this kind in Vietnam.

Statistics from the Central Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Prevention and Control showed that Typhoon Mirinae, the 11th storm to hit Vietnam so far this year, killed at least 116 people after it slammed into Vietnam’s central coastal provinces on November 2. Phu Yen province is the hardest-hit with 69 fatalities./.