The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Ireland have raised 2,000 EUR (54 million VND) to help victims of typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam’s central region weather the aftermath and return to normal life.

The association president, Tham Thien Phuc, handed over the money to a representative from the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK at a ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, on Oct. 24.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium Nguyen Manh Dung received 3,950 EUR and 100 USD in donations from the Vietnamese community in Belgium to help typhoon victims in Vietnam.

Typhoon Ketsana, the ninth of its kind hit Vietnam this year, left 93 dead, 23 missing and more than 200 injured./.