Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide additional 670 billion VND (29 million USD) from the central budget reserves for nine central and Central Highlands provinces to address consequences of recent storms and floods.
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided toprovide additional 670 billion VND (29 million USD) from the central budgetreserves for nine central and Central Highlands provinces to addressconsequences of recent storms and floods.
Accordingly, Quang Ngai province will receive 150 billionVND, Quang Nam 130 billion VND, Binh Dinh and Quang Tri 70 billion VND each,and Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue and Kon Tum 50 billion VNDeach.
The money will be used to assist search and rescue missions;families which report their members dead or missing or their houses damaged;evacuate locals; support agricultural production; and repair infrastructure.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee announced onNovember 25 that it had received 100,000 USD from Lee’s Sandwiches, a US-basedchain of fast-food restaurants selling Vietnamese food, to supportdisaster-affected people in the central region.
On the day, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) – Hanoichapter also received over 13 billion USD from 21 units, offices, businessesand individuals.
Since October 13, it has received a total of 109.3 billionVND in support for localities hit by storms and floods.
Meanwhile, as of November 25, the VFF – Tien Giang raised atotal of 14.3 billion VND./.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Action for the Community Development Centre (ACDC) on November 23 coordinated to provide relief aid for people with disabilities who have been affected by floods in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Over 5,700 dignity kits have been presented to female members of the Vietnam Farmers Union (VFU) in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Nam which were badly affected by recent floods.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong, authorised by the Government, and Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Andrew Jeffries on November 24 signed an agreement on the bank’s emergency grant of 2.5 million USD to help Vietnam address natural disasters’ consequences in the central region.
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Houses submerged (Source: VNA) 
