The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has decided to provide 660 million VND from its relief fund to assist southern central provinces which have recently been hit by a tropical depression.

The sum will go to Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam , Quang Tri, and Quang Ngai, with each receiving 100 million VND, and Da Nang city, Binh Dinh, Dak Lak and Giai Lai with each granted 50 million VND.

Of the sum, 42 million VND will be used to assist the families of those dead or missing because of the disaster and 21 million VND will go to support seven families which lost loved ones when a boat sank on September 2.

A tropical depression caused whirlwinds and floods that have killed seven people, injured nine and left six others missing in the central region and Central Highlands over the past several days.

The natural disaster also caused hundreds of billions of Vietnamese dong in damage, according to the Centre for Flood and Storm Control in the Central Region and Central Highlands./.