The central province of Quang Nam received support in cash and kind worth over 28.5 billion VND (1.35 million USD ) for the victims of typhoon Nari and the recent floods in the locality as of November 21.
Of the total, the Fatherland Front Central Committee donated 1 billion VND; Ho Chi Minh City, 1 billion VND; Binh Duong province, 500 million VND; and the Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade, 1,000 tonnes of rice, according to the provincial aid committee.
Quang Nam province’s Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee chapter is calling for further support from international and domestic philanthropists to help the victims overcome the disaster’s consequences.
Initial statistics show that the flood inundated more than 77,700 houses, 58 schools, 150 hectares of rice and over 1,000 hectares of crops, and swept away 935 animals and 23,750 heads of poultry in the locality.-VNA
