The donationprogramme, beginning on November 30, has been organised by the VietnamRed Cross Society and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations’ HoChi Minh City chapter and will last until December 8.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Le Thi Phung, the PhilippinesHonourary Consul General in the city, expressed her deep gratitude toVietnamese people for sympathising with the victims and hoped that withtimely international support, the Philippines will be able to recoversoon.
Super typhoon Haiyan made landfall onNovember 8 on the Philippines’ Samar Island, 600 km southeast of thecapital Manila. It was one of the most devastating typhoons in thehistory of the Southeast Asian country and the world.
It left 5,235 people dead, 23,000 injured and 1,613 missing andcaused nearly 270 million USD of damage, according to the Philippines’statistics announced on November 23.-VNA