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More relief for central storm victims

A senior Vietnamese official on October 18 handed over 2.1 billion VND (100,000 USD) in support of Wutip storm victims in the central province of Ha Tinh.
A senior Vietnamese official on October 18 handed over 2.1 billion VND(100,000 USD) in support of Wutip storm victims in the central provinceof Ha Tinh.

Expressing his sympathy over the losses sufferedby the locals, head of the Central Relief Board and General Secretary ofthe Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Vu Trong Kim pledged tocall for more donations from home and abroad to help them recoverquickly.

The same day, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam BorderGuards Maj. Gen. Nguyen Canh Hien donated one billion VND (50,000 USD)to storm victims and 500 million VND (25,000 USD) to families of localborder guards in Ha Tinh.

The Quang Binh provincial Red CrossSociety, meanwhile, granted 10 tonnes of rice to 376 households in SenThuy commune and 120 million VND (5,700 USD) to 100 households in MaiThuy commune, Le Thuy district.

At the request of the VietnamRed Cross Society, 40 tonnes of rice went to the districts of Minh Hoa,Quang Trach, Dong Hoi and Le Thuy earlier. A total sum of 960 millionVND (45,700 USD) also reached 868 households in Tuyen Hoa, Quang Trach,Bo Trach, Quang Binh, Dong Hoi and Le Thuy districts.

Also onthe same day, Vietnam Toyota and its Vinh outlet donated gifts worthover 200 million VND to 531 households in Canh Duong and Quang Phuccommunes.-VNA
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