VFF sends aid to flood victims in south central region

Vietnam Fatherland Front sends aid to flood victims in south central region

The standing board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee has extended sympathy along with aid in cash to victims of floods in the south central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen.
Vietnam Fatherland Front sends aid to flood victims in south central region ảnh 1Storm-triggered landslide buries dozens of houses in Phuoc Dong commune, Nha Trang city. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The standingboard of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee has extendedsympathy along with aid in cash to victims of floods in the south centralprovinces of Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen.

Floods caused by torrentialrains as a consequence of storm Toraji claimed 13 lives, and caused the missingof four others while injuring 48 persons in the south central and centralhighlands regions as of early November 19, according to reports of the officeof the Central Steering Committee for natural disaster control.

In addition, hundreds of houseswere destroyed or damaged, and hundreds of hectares of food crops were inundated. 

The board asked the VFF chaptersin the provinces, in coordination with the local authorities and steeringcommittees for natural disaster control, to count the number of fatalities, injuredvictims and damaged houses and report to the VFF Central Committee, so as todevise measures to assist the affected people.

The board sent 5 million VND incash to each family of dead and missing victims and 3 million VND to eachvictim with serious injury.-VNA
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