Poor people to be given storm-resistant houses

A total of 150 storm-resistant houses have been handed over to 150 poor families in the central province of Quang Ngai whose houses were destroyed in the Ketsana storm of 2009.
A total of 150 storm-resistant houses have been handed over to 150 poor families in the central province of Quang Ngai whose houses were destroyed in the Ketsana storm of 2009.

Vice President of the Quang Ngai Red Cross Le Thi Thu said the houses – designed by the French organisation Development Workshop France (DWF) – were built in Binh Son , Mo Duc and Tu Nghia districts at a cost of 4.5 billion VND.

Construction was funded by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies through Vietnam Red Cross, and the Quang Ngai Red Cross also contributed 30 million VND.

Since the Ketsana storm, 650 houses have been built in seven cities and provinces at a total cost of 19.5 billion VND./.

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