A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities visited and donated 1.5 billion VND to help disaster-hit victims in the central province of Quang Nam on October 19.

It also presented 400 gifts worth of 700,000 VND each to local people in Dien Ban and Duy Xuyen districts.

To date, 5 billion VND have been raised to support calamity victims in Quang Nam province.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central Ha Tinh province Vo Kim Cu has decided to provide 1,000 tonnes of rice and 13,000 instant noodle packages for people in Huong Son, Huong Khe and Vu Quang districts, which were hardest hit by the floods.

The provincial People’s Committee has decided to aid families of dead people 8 million VND each while 2.5 million VND for each injured victim.

Households whose houses were completely destroyed by the flood will receive 40 million VND each.

By the morning of October 19, electricity supply in Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri and Quang Ngai provinces and Da Nang city was fully recovered after being interrupted due to the flood.-VNA