Police of Quang Binh province deliver supplies to flood-hit residents in Son Thuy commune of Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on October 12 offered sympathiesto authorities and families affected by recent floods in the central andCentral Highlands regions.
The message, sent to those in the provinces ofHa Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai,and Dak Lak, and Da Nang city, noted that prolonged heavy rains triggered byStorm Linfa and tropical depressions have resulted in severe floods in someprovinces and cities in the central and Central Highlands regions.
According to the standing office of the CentralSteering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, floods hadkilled 18 and injured many others while 14 people had gone missing as of 8pm ofOctober 11. More than 150,000 houses had been inundated or damaged.
The regions have also suffered heavy losses interms of crops, aquaculture, and livestock and poultry farming.
The Standing Board of the VFF Central Committeehighly values local authorities, VFF committees, and organisations’ high senseof responsibility, search, rescue, and assistance for flood-hit people.
It also requested the VFF committees of theselocalities to coordinate with local administrations and steering boards fornatural disaster prevention and control to help victimised families andcontinue listing human and property losses to report to the Standing Board so thatmore support will be provided.
To assist flood victims, the VFF CentralCommittee’s Standing Board decided to initially offer 5 million VND (215 USD)for each family with dead or missing people and 3 million VND for eachseriously injured victim./.
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