With Storm Molave fast approaching the coast, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has decided to close Chu Lai, Phu Cat, Da Nang, and Tuy Hoa airports from 6pm on October 27 to 4 pm the following day.
More than 1,240 people in the central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, and Quang Nam, who became victims of Storm Damrey in late 2017, received support from a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to residents in An Phu commune, Tuy Hoa city, the central province of Phu Yen, which was hard hit by storm Damrey, during his working visit to the province on January 18.
Vietnam experienced unprecedentedly severe natural disasters in 2017, resulting in 386 people dead and missing and some 60,000 billion VND (2.6 billion USD) worth of damage.
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a working session with officials of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on December 16 to review the province’s 2017 socio-economic development plan.
The Vietnamese Government again appeals to individuals and organisations at home and abroad to continue supporting residents in the central region recently hit hard by storm Damrey and floods..
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund on November 28 present scholarships to students of ethnic groups and children of naval soldiers and fishermen in the central province of Binh Dinh.
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund on November 27 held a ceremony to present scholarships to students of ethnic groups and children of naval soldiers and fishermen in the central coastal province of Phu Yen who were severely affected by storm Damrey.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink announced over 1 million USD in emergency assistance and long-term disaster risk reduction support to Vietnam to respond to the impacts of Typhoon Damrey
Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith has sent a message to President Tran Dai Quang conveying his sympathies on heavy losses caused by storm Damrey in Vietnam.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha visited Quy Nhon beach in central Binh Dinh province on November 7 to inspect the search for missing sailors and direct response to possible oil spills from sunk freighters in storm Damrey.
Storm Damrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours and floods had claimed 69 lives and left 30 people missing in central and Central Highlands localities as of 8am of November 7.
The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on November 5 decided to allocate 3 billion VND (132,000 USD) to south central and Central Highlands provinces which were just hit by storm Damrey.
Vietnam’s airlines continued adjusting their flights from/to several central localities on November 4 as storm Damrey landed the south central coast early the day.
Vietnam’s central and south central localities are taking measures to cope with storm Damrey, which is forecast to make landfall from Phu Yen to Binh Thuan provinces on early November 4.
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