Vice President presents gifts to flood victims in Quang Binh province
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on October 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the central province of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by floods in recent days.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on October 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the central province of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by severe floods in recent days. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Binh (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh onOctober 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the centralprovince of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by severe floods in recent days.
Floods caused by torrential rains have claimed two lives in the provinceand damaged nearly 15,200 houses, thousands of hectares of crops andaquaculture as well as roads and other infrastructure facilities.
In Quang Ninh district, the Vice President handed over 100 million VND(over 4,310 USD) to the mountainous commune of Truong Son to help it overcomethe consequences of flooding. She also presented 60 gifts of essential goods tolocal poor households.
In Le Thuy district, Thinh granted 100 million VND each to Lien Thuy andAn Thuy communes, 30 million VND to the kindergarten of Lien Thuy commune and50 gifts to local people.
Torrential rain is continuing in Quang Binh, posing high risk of floodreturning.
Also on October 13, the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) said the second batch ofrelief goods has been delivered to four central provinces – Quang Binh, QuangTri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam – worth a total 1.4 billion VND.
A working team of the VRC Central Committee will travel to ThuaThien-Hue on October 14 to distribute the relief goods.
Earlier, the VRC sent the first batch of relief goods worth nearly 500million VND to Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam./.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on October 12 offered sympathies to authorities and families affected by recent floods in the central and Central Highlands regions.
Floods triggered by torrential rains in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have claimed six lives and left three people missing and seven injured, the provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search, and Rescue reported on October 13.
The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) issued a communiqué during the 17th Party Congress of Hanoi on October 13 calling on the city’s people to support their compatriots in the central region which has been hit hard by flooding in recent days.
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Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on October 13 visited residents in Le Thuy and Quang Ninh districts, the central province of Quang Binh, which were hard hit by severe floods in recent days. (Photo: VNA) 
