Accordingly, 1,000 tonnes of rice in aid will be delivered to each province.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue was assigned to direct flood relief work in the two localities.

Quang Binh province is hard hit by flood.

Earlier, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a letter to rescue forces, soldiers and locals in the flood-hit provinces, expressing his sympathy with them and asking all-out efforts to deal with the consequences of the floods.

He ordered local authorities to take measures to help communities get back on their feet soon.

In early September, torrential rains brought by a tropical depression were recorded from Nghe An to Thua Thien-Hue. In many areas, total rainfall rose to over 1,000mm, causing widespread flooding in low areas, leading to heavy loss in human lives and property.

As of September 5 evening, the death toll due to flooding rose to six while 10 others remained missing in the provinces.

The hardest-hit localities were Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri.

Foreign aid supports heart surgeries for AO/dioxin victims

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.

Vietnam sends relief aid to Zimbabwe cyclone victims

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. 

Over 1,200 storm victims benefit from UNDP’s project

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.

Two enterprises present 800 Tet gifts to disadvantaged households and AO victims

(BGO) – Responding to the campaign of “Tet for the Poor and Agent Orange Victims (AO Victims)” in 2019 launched by the Red Cross Society (RCS) in the northern province of Bac Giang, Vinahan Joint Stock Company in Song Mai commune (Bac Giang city) and Habac Nitrogenous Fertilizer& Chemicals Joint Stock Company mobilized the expenses to present 500 gift packages (each worth 400,000 VND) and 300 gift sets (each valued at 500,000 VND) respectively. 

VinGroup presents 4,000 gift packages to the poor and AO victims

(BGO) – Responding to the movement of “Tet for the poor and Agent Orange  (AO) Victims”, the Kind-Heart Fund (under VinGroup) mobilized 2 billion VND (over 85,800 USD) to present 4,000 gift packages (each worth 500,000 VND or 21.46 USD) to the needy cases in the upcoming Lunar New Year 2019 via the Red Cross Society (RCS) in the northern province of Bac Giang. 

Source: VNA