International donors and Vietnamese overseas on October 22 put up more aid for victims of typhoon Ketsana, which slammed into Vietnam late last month, displacing nearly 200,000 people and claiming 163 lives.

According to the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam, the European Union has decided to give 2.5 million USD to help Vietnam surmount the consequences of the typhoon. The funding is expected to be pumped through European non-governmental organisations in Vietnam.

Overseas Vietnamese in the US and Thailand have also contributed a total of 683,500 USD to help the victims.

According to an October 22 press release from the United States Embassy in Vietnam, the US government has decided to provide 150,000 USD to “Save the Children” to support relief efforts for victims.

The funding, dispatched through the US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), brings total US government support for typhoon victims in Vietnam this year to around 750,000 USD.

The funding will allow Save the Children to deliver essential household and hygiene kits (blankets, water containers, kettles, cooking pots, mosquito nets and soap) to almost 35,000 people by the end of this week. Save the Children will target US assistance to those most affected by the typhoon in the remote and marginalised highland communities of Da Krong district in Quang Tri province.

Beginning next week, the organisation will move into its second phase of recovery by providing livelihood support to families to reclaim and replace farmland and lost livestock, seeds, and tools. Cash relief programs, linked to food security and livelihood, will target 400 households in Quang Tri province, according to the press release./.