Vietnamese in Laos support flood victims
The campaign, in response to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central
Committee’s appeal, aims to help ease difficulties for those affected by
the two consecutive tropical storms, Wutip and Nari.
During the launching ceremony, Vietnamese organisations, businesses
and individuals in Laos donated 12,590 USD for the victims.
Meanwhile, the Singapore Red Cross has announced it will provide
30,000 SGD worth of relief items for storm and flood victims in
Vietnam.
Initial statistics show that Storm Wutip,
which hit Vietnam’s central region on September 30, killed 14
people and injured 225 others, and caused damage totalling 11 trillion
VND (517 million USD).
Nari, the most recent storm,
left a trail of destruction amounting to an estimated 1.5 trillion VND
(71 million USD) in central coastal provinces. It killed five people and
injured 49.-VNA