Bamboo Airways provides free transport of relief supplies to central region
Newest carrier Bamboo Airways begins to carry relief goods to flood-hit victims in the central region free-of-charge starting from October 19, a representative of the airline has said.
Bamboo Airways carries relief aid to flood-hit victims in the central region(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Newest carrierBamboo Airways begins to carry💃 🅺relief goods to flood-hit victims in the centralregion free-of-charge starting from October 19, a representative of the airlinehas said.
Accordingly, aid packages weighing lessthan 40 kg will be prioritised on flights from Hanoi and HCM City to Vinh (NgheAn province), Dong Hoi (Quang Binh province), Chu Lai (Quang Nam province) andDa Nang city. Donors can contact Bamboo Airways’ freighttransport services at hdqcargo@bambooairways.com or hotline 086 6969068. Floods and landslides triggered bytorrential rains over the past weeks in the central and Central Highlandsregions, particularly Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Tri provinces, claimed 84lives and left 38 others missing as of 6pm on October 18, according to the Office of the SteeringCommittee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Heavy rain is predicted to last in thecoming days, posing a high risk of landslides and flash floods in the centraland Central Highlands regions./.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 18 issued a dispatch asking for greater efforts to rescue operations and settlement of consequences of landslides in the central provinces of Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Tri.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 18 offered sympathies to his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen on the heavy human and property losses caused by serious floods in the country.
The death toll during recent severe flooding in the central region reached 84 while 38 others were missing as of 6pm of October 18, reported the Office of the Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
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Bamboo Airways carries relief aid to flood-hit victims in the central region(Photo: VNA) 
