At a ceremony to present Vinamilk's gifts to needy locals in Yen Dinh district, Thanh Hoa province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Diary Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has offered 3 billion VND (132,000USD) donated by its 6,000 managers and workers to support flood-hit localresidents in Yen Bai, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces to help them repair andrebuild their houses.
Alongside, the company also provided free nutrition consultancy and milkto about 1,000 students, parents and teachers in local areas.
Vinamilk has also sent its nutrition experts to the provinces to helpimprove the communities’ nutrition knowledge and practices to protect theirhealth.
Hoa Binh, Yen Bai and Thanh Hoa were seriously devastated by recenttorrential rains and floods. The localities suffered heavy losses in bothhumans and property.
In September, Vinamilk presented 116,000 milk packs equivalent to 1billion VND (44,000 USD) to disaster-hit children in central Ha Tinh, QuangBinh and Nghe An provinces.
A month later, the firm also presented 400 million VND (17,600 USD) topoor households in Hanoi’s Chuong My and My Duc districts that experiencedsevere floods.
Last year, Vinamilk also donated 4.6 billion VND (202,600 USD) in aid toflood-hit locals in northern and south central regions.-VNA