Life jacket presentation programme benefits fishermen in Khanh Hoa
Two hundreds of the 1,000 donated life jackets for needy fishermen in Khanh Hoa province were presented to those in Van Hung commune of Van Ninh district on November 18.
Former President Truong Tan Sang (R) present life jackets to fishermen in Van Hung commune of Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa province, on November 18 (Photo: VNA)
KhanhHoa (VNA) – Two hundreds of the 1,000 donated life jackets forneedy fishermen in Khanh Hoa province were presented to those in VanHung commune of Van Ninh district on November 18.
KhanhHoa is the last of the 12 central localities to receive the donations bybusinesses and people in response to former President Truong Tan Sang’s appeal.
Of the15,000 donated life jackets worth over 20 billion VND (883,000 USD), 1,000 werepresented to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, ThuaThien-Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, and Khanh Hoa each.
As many as 1,600 life jackets were handed over to QuangNgai and Phu Yen provinces each while 1,800 others to Binh Dinh. In particular,Truong Sa island district of Khanh Hoa province received 1,000.
During the trip to present the aid from November 14 to 18, the delegation ofthe Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) visited all the 12 localities and directlyhanded over 2,855 life jackets to poor and disadvantaged fishermen. The remainderswere delivered to local Red Cross organisations to distribute to fishermen.
At the presentation event in Van Hung commune, former PresidentTruong Tan Sang, former Honorary Chairman of the VRC and the VRC CentralCommittee, expressed his hope that the jackets will help fishermen to cope withnatural disasters and incidents at sea, thereby helping to protect the country’ssea and islands.
He also called on philanthropists to continue supporting fishermen in the time ahead./.
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Former President Truong Tan Sang (R) present life jackets to fishermen in Van Hung commune of Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa province, on November 18 (Photo: VNA) 
