Speaking to the provincial Standing Committee in the locality on October27, Anh said the ministries and agencies will suggest the Politburo andGovernment work out socio-economic development and climate changeresponse plans exclusively designed for the central region and QuangBinh in particular.
He said as rubber trees are hardest hit bythe past typhoons, the Government will ask banks to extend debtrepayment deadlines and add rubber sector to the list of priority creditrecipients.
The authorities at all levels should review thelist of local poor households, especially those devastated by thestorms, then provide them with more funding to settle their lives, henoted.
According to him, the provincial People’s Committeeshould set up a board and devise a plan on sustainable economicdevelopment, especially for disaster-prone areas.
At theworking session, Government officials announced aid to Quang Binh,including 85 billion VND (4 million USD) for social welfare, 12 billionVND (0.5 million USD) for buying animal and plant varieties for farming,in addition to rice donations.
Storms Wutip and Nari haveleft 19 dead and 229 injured in Quang Binh, destroyed 470 houses,damaged 116 boats, 12,000 hectares of rubber and 7,700 hectares offorests. The total losses were estimated at nearly 8,700 billion VND(414 million USD).-VNA