Flooding caused by heavy rains has claimed 76 lives and left sixmissing, according to central provinces ’ latest statistics.
They include 15 passengers on bus 48K-5868 that was swept away byflood waters and found on Oct. 21, 24 people in Nghe An province, 20 inHa Tinh province, 12 in Quang Binh province and five people in Thanh Hoaprovince.
The floods in the Ca River (Nghe Anprovince) and rivers in Ha Tinh province have receded but 232 communeswith 155,901 families remain under water.
All households in Ha Tinh province now have access to food and drinks.
Together with the assistance of the government, ministries, sectorsand people nationwide, Quang Binh and Nghe An province are mobilisingall resources to overcome the aftermath of the two floods. Total lossescaused by the floods to Nghe An amounted to 1.7 trillion VND.
On Oct. 22 alone, organisations and individuals donated more than 11 billion VND and commodities.
To prevent environmental pollution and ensure people’s health afterthe floods, the pollution control department has instructedflood-affected people to strictly follow food hygiene safety.
The Vietnam Environment Protection Fund sent 1 billion VND to QuangBinh province, 500 million VND to Ha Tinh province, 400 million VND toQuang Tri province and 200 million VND to Thua Thien-Hue province tohelp them clean up the environment.
Meanwhile,low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific will offer free-of-charge transport ofrelief aid donated by social organisations and agencies to people incentral flood-stricken provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh onflights from Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh from Oct. 25 to Nov. 15.
The Australian Embassy in Hanoi said its government will donate200,000 AUD (around 3.9 billion VND) to the Emergency Relief Aid Fund inresponse to the call of the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) and theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to helpVietnam ’s central flood victims.
TheAustralian Government’s contribution will help the VRC continue with itsemergency relief activities, including providing drinks, blankets,mosquito nets, food and other necessities for flood victims.
For the same purpose, the Government of the Republic of Koreahas decided to provide a relief aid of 100,000 USD to the VRC./.
They include 15 passengers on bus 48K-5868 that was swept away byflood waters and found on Oct. 21, 24 people in Nghe An province, 20 inHa Tinh province, 12 in Quang Binh province and five people in Thanh Hoaprovince.
The floods in the Ca River (Nghe Anprovince) and rivers in Ha Tinh province have receded but 232 communeswith 155,901 families remain under water.
All households in Ha Tinh province now have access to food and drinks.
Together with the assistance of the government, ministries, sectorsand people nationwide, Quang Binh and Nghe An province are mobilisingall resources to overcome the aftermath of the two floods. Total lossescaused by the floods to Nghe An amounted to 1.7 trillion VND.
On Oct. 22 alone, organisations and individuals donated more than 11 billion VND and commodities.
To prevent environmental pollution and ensure people’s health afterthe floods, the pollution control department has instructedflood-affected people to strictly follow food hygiene safety.
The Vietnam Environment Protection Fund sent 1 billion VND to QuangBinh province, 500 million VND to Ha Tinh province, 400 million VND toQuang Tri province and 200 million VND to Thua Thien-Hue province tohelp them clean up the environment.
Meanwhile,low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific will offer free-of-charge transport ofrelief aid donated by social organisations and agencies to people incentral flood-stricken provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh onflights from Ho Chi Minh City to Vinh from Oct. 25 to Nov. 15.
The Australian Embassy in Hanoi said its government will donate200,000 AUD (around 3.9 billion VND) to the Emergency Relief Aid Fund inresponse to the call of the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) and theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to helpVietnam ’s central flood victims.
TheAustralian Government’s contribution will help the VRC continue with itsemergency relief activities, including providing drinks, blankets,mosquito nets, food and other necessities for flood victims.
For the same purpose, the Government of the Republic of Koreahas decided to provide a relief aid of 100,000 USD to the VRC./.
