Efforts made to ease difficulties for flood-hit northern localities
The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has donated 3 billion VND (131,970 USD) to Nam Pam commune, Muong La district of the northern mountainous province of Son La, which was ravaged by flood, to build a new medical station.
Nam Pam commune, Muong La district of the northern mountainous province of Son La, has been seriously damaged by flood. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)- The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has donated 3 billion VND (131,970USD) to Nam Pam commune, Muong La district of the northern mountainous provinceof Son La, which was ravaged by flood, to build a new medical station.
The firm also presented150million VND (6,598 USD) as gifts to locals to ease their difficulties due tothe recent devastating flood.
On August 3, Muong Lasuffered from the most devastating flood in 70 years, causing 17 deaths andmissing, along with hundreds of billions of VND in property losses.
An official reportshowed that floods in Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Yen Bai, Son La and Cao Bang fromAugust 1 to 3 had caused damage exceeding 538 billion VND (23.66 million USD).
The natural calamityleft nine dead, 12 injured and 24 others missing. The flooding swept away 196houses, destroyed 131 ha of rice and 124 ha of corn, killed more than 900 headsof fowl and cattle, and damaged several road and 144 irrigation works.
On August 4, the Bankfor Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) also decided to provide nearly1.6 billion VND (70,384 USD) to the three hardest-hit localities of Yen Bai,Son La and Lai Chau to help locals overcome difficulties.
Meanwhile, theMinistry of Health has asked health departments of Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Son La,Lai Chau, Dien Bien and Hoa Binh provinces to repair health facilities affectedby flood to ensure services for residents.
At the same time, thedepartments should implement plans to protect or move the health facilities tosafer places to ensure safety for patients and health workers.
They were alsodirected to immediately roll out measures to clean the environment, monitorfood safety, pasteurise water and prevent possible diseases.-VNA
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Nam Pam commune, Muong La district of the northern mountainous province of Son La, has been seriously damaged by flood. (Photo: VNA) 
