Authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai will earmark over 30.8 billion VND (over 1.35 million USD) sourced from the local relief fund to support households affected by floods in 2021, on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai will earmark over 30.8 billion VND (over 1.35 million USD) sourced from the local relief fund to support households affected by floods in 2021. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Quang Ngai (VNA) – Authorities of the central province of Quang Ngai will earmark over 30.8 billion VND (over 1.35 million USD) sourced from the local relief fund to support households affected by floods in 2021, on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Accordingly, each poor household will receive 600,000 VND in cash, while near-poor households will get 400,000 VND each.
Initial statistics of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs show that Quang Ngai has over 33,800 poor households and nearly 26,300 near-poor families, equivalent to 9.1 percent and over 7 percent of its population, respectively.
As of December 28, 2021, the local relief fund had raised over 66.5 billion VND from organisations, businesses and individuals in the locality./.