Funds raised by PetroVietnam to support flood victims, poor people
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and its subordinate companies have raised 328 billion VND (14.16 million USD) to support flood victims in the central region and poor people across the country.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and its subordinate companies have raised 328 billion VND (14.16 million USD) to support flood victims in the central region and poor people (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – ๊The Vietnam Oiland Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and its subordinate companies have raised 328billion VND (14.16 million USD) to support flood victims in the central regionand poor people across the country.
Staff members of the group donated at leastone-day salary while it sent delegations to some localities in the centralregion to hand over cash and necessities to affected residents. The group’s subordinate companies alsoprovide support for vehicles transporting aid to the central region, arrangeshelters for more than 400 displaced people of Quang Ngai province, and help localsgradually resume production. After half a month, 28 billion VND wasdistributed to affected people in the central localities. PetroVietnam also pledged to offer additional300 billion VND for the Fund for the Poor this year. Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) on October30 organised an art programme and auctions which mobilised close to 13 billionVND in cash and kind for flood victims. Some 6,650 CHF (7,240 USD) was raised by theEmbassy of Vietnam in Switzerland while the Switzerland-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation offered 6,000 CHF to help people overcome consequences of recentfloods and landslides. Meanwhile, more than 5.5 billion VND waspresented to flood-hit people in Quang Ngai province on October 30. Thedonations were granted in response to the call of the provincial authorities. Quang Ngai is among hardest-hit localitiesby storm Molave and subsequent floods as 13 people were wounded, 169 housescollapsed and hundreds of others remained inundated./.
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres sent a message of sympathy to the Vietnamese Government and people on serious human and property losses caused by recent floods and landslides in several central provinces.
Vietnamese Embassies in Malaysia and the United Kingdom and local Vietnamese societies there have been busy over the last several days raising funds for flood-stricken people in the central region.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on October 29 decided to establish seven working groups to address post-flooding environmental issues, promote disease prevention, and offer nutrition consultation to seven central provinces which were hit by recent storms and floods.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC) Central Committee on October 30 sent emergency aid of nearly 2.6 billion VND (112,000 USD) in cash and kind to flood-hit households in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai and south-central Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces.
Leaders of countries and political parties continue sending sympathies to Vietnamese Party and State leaders and people over great human and asset losses caused by the recent record floods in the central region.
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A 21-year-old Indian tourist was successfully resuscitated and treated by doctors at Hoan My Da Nang Hospital after a near-drowning incident left him in critical condition. After three days of intensive care, the man was discharged from the hospital and has since returned to India.
In an document issued on August 5, the PM emphasised the need to stablise living conditions for people hit by floods, landslides, and flash floods in late July and early August in northern and north-central provinces, especially Dien Bien, Son La, and Nghe An which suffered some of the worst damage.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and its subordinate companies have raised 328 billion VND (14.16 million USD) to support flood victims in the central region and poor people (Photo: VNA) 
