The Vietnam War Veterans’ Association (VWVA) Central Committee onOctober 7 called on its staff to donate at least one working-day’ssalary to help victims of tropical storm Wutip.
Addressingthe launching ceremony, Vice President of the VWVA Central CommitteePhuc Khac Dang said Wutip, the 10th to hit Vietnam so far this year,has caused great losses in both human lives and property in the centralregion.
He said the storm has left tens of people dead andinjured hundreds of others while destroying thousands of houses and tensof thousands of hectares of rice and other crops.
Accordingto the VWVA, six members of the association’s Quang Binh chapter werekilled, 21 others injured and 90 percent of its staff had their housetorn apart during the tropical storm.
War veterans’businesses in Quang Binh suffered huge losses, especially rubberplantations which have been seriously damaged after the storm sweptthrough, the association said.
The same day, Nguyen Thi HongThu, Vice President of the Vietnam General Federation of Labour, led adelegation to visited Wutip victims in Quang Tri province.
The delegation handed over a total of 300 million VND to local victims.
Earlier, the Quang Tri provincial Federation of Labour and the LaoDong (Labour) newspaper presented 50 million VND to 20 households inVinh Linh district to help them repair their homes.
Quang Tri province was hard hit by the storm with losses totaling more than 2 trillion VND.
The storm killed one person and injured 37 others in the centralprovince. It also destroyed 8,000 hectares of rubber trees and 5,000hectares of crops while blowing off roofs of 11,000 houses and casuing17 others to collaspe.
Also on October 7, the northernmountainous province of Tuyen Quang launched a similar ceremony, duringwhich over 260 million VND were mobilised in support for Wutip victims.
Apart from 500 million VND from its budget, the VietnamFatherland Front’s Quang Nam chapter has also collected nearly 2.4billion VND to help the victims.
MobiFone company reported that it had raised one billion VND to assist Wutip victims.
On the day, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations met withofficials from international organisations, development and cooperationagencies and donors to brief on the losses Wutip cost the centralregion.
It also called on foreign non-governmentalorganisations and international development and cooperation agencies tocome up with aid relief for the storm-hit people.-VNA
Addressingthe launching ceremony, Vice President of the VWVA Central CommitteePhuc Khac Dang said Wutip, the 10th to hit Vietnam so far this year,has caused great losses in both human lives and property in the centralregion.
He said the storm has left tens of people dead andinjured hundreds of others while destroying thousands of houses and tensof thousands of hectares of rice and other crops.
Accordingto the VWVA, six members of the association’s Quang Binh chapter werekilled, 21 others injured and 90 percent of its staff had their housetorn apart during the tropical storm.
War veterans’businesses in Quang Binh suffered huge losses, especially rubberplantations which have been seriously damaged after the storm sweptthrough, the association said.
The same day, Nguyen Thi HongThu, Vice President of the Vietnam General Federation of Labour, led adelegation to visited Wutip victims in Quang Tri province.
The delegation handed over a total of 300 million VND to local victims.
Earlier, the Quang Tri provincial Federation of Labour and the LaoDong (Labour) newspaper presented 50 million VND to 20 households inVinh Linh district to help them repair their homes.
Quang Tri province was hard hit by the storm with losses totaling more than 2 trillion VND.
The storm killed one person and injured 37 others in the centralprovince. It also destroyed 8,000 hectares of rubber trees and 5,000hectares of crops while blowing off roofs of 11,000 houses and casuing17 others to collaspe.
Also on October 7, the northernmountainous province of Tuyen Quang launched a similar ceremony, duringwhich over 260 million VND were mobilised in support for Wutip victims.
Apart from 500 million VND from its budget, the VietnamFatherland Front’s Quang Nam chapter has also collected nearly 2.4billion VND to help the victims.
MobiFone company reported that it had raised one billion VND to assist Wutip victims.
On the day, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations met withofficials from international organisations, development and cooperationagencies and donors to brief on the losses Wutip cost the centralregion.
It also called on foreign non-governmentalorganisations and international development and cooperation agencies tocome up with aid relief for the storm-hit people.-VNA
