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EU grants 100,000 EUR to flood victims in Vietnam
Updated: 08:15, 29/08/2019
The European Union (EU) on August 28 granted 100,000 EUR as relief aid to local residents effected by severe floods earlier this month in Central Highlands and Mekong Delta provinces.
The sum is part of the EU’s contributions to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) which was established by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
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The aid packages include blankets, mosquito nets, kitchenware, water buckets and water purification powder.
In addition, cash will be provided for the most vulnerable families to help them buy necessities and stabilise their lives.
The EU and its member nations are the world’s biggest donors of humanitarian relief aid. Through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the EU has annually supported over 120 million victims of conflicts and natural disasters.
More than 5,000 volunteers of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) as well as local residents participated in a fundraising walk for Agent Organge (AO)/Dioxin victims and impoverished people with disabilities in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10.
(BGO) - From the help
of the Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin at all levels, Party committees
and authorities, many Agent Orange (AO) victims in Bac Giang province have turned
pain into motivation to overcome difficulties and actively participate in production
development and association activities.
An aid from Taipei’s Rotary Club was presented to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA)’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province chapter on July 26.
The Vietnamese Embassy, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s bureau and the Vietnamese Women’s Association in South Africa on April 30 handed over relief aid to the Zimbabwe Embassy in support of Zimbabwe people who were hit by Cyclone Idai last March.
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.
Source: VNA
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