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Government allocates rice for 12 localities

The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate over 10,400 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for 12 localities to help the needy on the the lunar New Year.
Government allocates rice for 12 localities ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Finance toallocate over 10,400 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for 12localities to help the needy on the occasion of the lunar New Year festival.

Accordingly,8,013 tonnes of rice will be delivered to Yen Bai, Cao Bang, Ha Nam, Tuyen Quang,Lao Cai provinces in the north, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Tri in the centralregion, Dak Nong, Kon Tum in the Central Highlands and Ninh Thuan in the south.

Inparticular, the central province of Quang Ngai will receive 2,419 tonnes ofrice, to be distributed to poor households and flood victims.

QuangNgai was among localities hard hit by floods in December 2016. The floodskilled 10 people in the province, leaving four missing and inundated 1,800houses. More than 700 hectares of rice fields and over 3,500 hectares of cropwere damaged.-VNA

Theprovincial People’s Committees of respective provinces are responsible forreceiving and promptly distributing the rice to the people.-VNA

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