According to Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf, aid items consisting of food, clothing and medicine have been mobilised from the social barn in Palembang in South Sumatra, and distributed to residents in flood-hit areas across Bandar Lampung city, and South Lampung and Pesawaran districts.
The Federation of Vietnamese Associations in Germany has raised over 200,887 EUR (220,000 USD) among the community in the country to support people affected by Typhoon Yagi in the homeland.
The Vietnamese team has won a first prize at the Asia Pacific Seeds for the Future Tech4Good Competition organised by Huawei Group in Shenzen, China, with the SkyNet project which supports the search for flood victims. With this result, it will advance to the Tech4Good Global Competition next year.
In response to the appeal of Party General Secretatry and President To Lam, and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, Vietnamese embassies and communities in Malaysia, South Africa, Germany, Algeria, and Hungary have launched donation drives to raise funds for people in difficult circumstances and those being affected by Typhoon Yagi in the homeland.
Thailand’s Finance Ministry has announced 14 financial measures, including debt suspension and liquidity support, to assist people and businesses affected by the ongoing floods.
Sen Vang (Golden Lotus), a Vietnamese charity foundation in Berlin, was praised for its performance at a ceremony marking its 10th founding anniversary on November 19.
Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet on September 29 requested leaders of provinces pay attention to supporting flood-hit people as widespread heavy rains have triggered floods in many localities on recent days.
Severe flooding in parts of Malaysia has resulted in the displacement of over 56,000 people in five states, according to Government data on December 20.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC) will send emergency aid worth 330 million VND (13,830 USD) in cash and kind to help flood victims in the two central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
More than 217 billion VND (USD) has been distributed between November 2020 and December 2021 to assist 730,164 people across 12 provinces and cities in the central region, which was hit by severe floods in October last year.
Overseas Vietnamese have contributed more than 50 billion VND (2,190 USD), along with medical supplies to the COVID-19 vaccine fund and the pandemic fight at home.
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam handed over 3,704 necessity kits for elderly people in three flood-hit central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Quang Ngai to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee on January 26.
The Vietnamese community in the US has presented 300 million VND (nearly 13,000 USD) in cash and more than 108,370 water purification packets to flood victims in the south-central coastal province of Phu Yen, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Vietnam and the Czech Republic have shared traditional ties that have been nurtured and developed in all fields, agreed Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung and the host country’s Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček.
The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has passed a legal provision giving 100,000 USD in aid to help flood victims in central Vietnam, according to the National Assembly (NA)’s Office.
A delegation of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), led by its President Nguyen Dinh Khang, on November 5 presented 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to residents who were affected by recent floods in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hanoi has received donations totalling more than 59 billion VND (2.5 million USD) for flood victims in the central region since October 13.
