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Repairs to 22 disaster-hit schools in central region completed: Red Cross

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC)’s Central Committee said that repairs to 22 schools damaged by downpours and floods in the central region were completed on April 5-6.
Repairs to 22 disaster-hit schools in central region completed: Red Cross ảnh 1People join hands to clean up a flooded school in the central region last year (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC)’s Central Committee said thatrepairs to 22 schools damaged by downpours and floods in the central regionwere completed on April 5-6.

The repairs were carriedout using aid of 2.2 billion VND (96,000 USD) from Lee’s Sandwiches International,Inc., a Vietnamese-American fast food restaurant chain based in the US.

Nghe An and HaTinh provinces had eight schools each undergoing repairs, while Quang Ngaiprovince had six.

Vice Chairman ofthe VRSC’s Central Committee Tran Quoc Hung said the society worked with chaptersin the central region to select schools hit hardest by natural disasters inlate 2020 and which had yet to receive aid from other charities.

Heavy rains andflooding last October and November inundated and destroyed many schools in thecentral region and also swept away classroom facilities./.
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