Entrepreneur donates Rolls-Royce Phantom to flood victims
A Vietnamese entrepreneur has given support to flood victims in the northern province of Quang Ninh in the form of a supercar, which will be auctioned to get cash for relief activities, a local newspaper reported.
The donor had delivered the car, a Rolls-Royce Phantom, to Quang Ninh newspaper for auction, its editor-in-chief Nguyen Tien Manh, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on July 29.
The benefactor is Dao Hong Tuyen, 61, a well-known businessman who is the chairman of Tuan Chau Group, which is headquartered on Tuan Chau Island in the province’s Ha Long City.
Tuyen is dubbed “King of Tuan Chau Island” because he has been developing a huge project there.
Besides the Tuan Chau International Tourism & Recreation Complex on the island, Tuyen also owns many companies and plants with tens of thousands of workers, according to newswire zing.vn.
The vehicle will come under the hammer at an expected starting price of VND16 billion (US$733,000), Manh said.
The donation was made after local authorities appealed for contributions to help the victims of floods following prolonged downpours that have battered Quang Ninh over the four days starting July 26, Manh added.
Along with the luxury car, which has been handed over to the Quang Ninh newspaper’s charity fund, this benefactor also contributed VND2 billion (US$91,700) in cash to the provincial Relief Board to help the flood victims.
Manh said his newspaper will have an auction unit organize the sale of the supercar.
“We will try to sell it as soon as possible to get cash to buy relief for the flood victims,” he added.
As of Wednesday, the floods killed 17 people and left six others missing, causing damage estimated at more than VND1.5 trillion (over US$68.7 million) in Quang Ninh, the provincial Steering Board for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue reported.
More than 3,700 households have been affected by the floods that began to recede on July 29, authorities said.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warned that heavy rains will keep hitting northern Vietnamese provinces until August 4, possibly together with flash floods and landslides.
Accordingly, downpours will continue raging in the northern region, especially in Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Lang Son and Bac Giang Provinces, and mountainous areas from July 30 to August 4, the center said.
The benefactor is Dao Hong Tuyen, 61, a well-known businessman who is the chairman of Tuan Chau Group, which is headquartered on Tuan Chau Island in the province’s Ha Long City.
Tuyen is dubbed “King of Tuan Chau Island” because he has been developing a huge project there.
Besides the Tuan Chau International Tourism & Recreation Complex on the island, Tuyen also owns many companies and plants with tens of thousands of workers, according to newswire zing.vn.
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| The Rolls-Royce Phantom car donated by Dao Hong Tuyen, chairman of Tuan Chau Group, based in the northern province of Quang Ninh, to local flood victims. Photo: Courtesy of Quang Ninh newspaper |
The vehicle will come under the hammer at an expected starting price of VND16 billion (US$733,000), Manh said.
The donation was made after local authorities appealed for contributions to help the victims of floods following prolonged downpours that have battered Quang Ninh over the four days starting July 26, Manh added.
Along with the luxury car, which has been handed over to the Quang Ninh newspaper’s charity fund, this benefactor also contributed VND2 billion (US$91,700) in cash to the provincial Relief Board to help the flood victims.
Manh said his newspaper will have an auction unit organize the sale of the supercar.
“We will try to sell it as soon as possible to get cash to buy relief for the flood victims,” he added.
As of Wednesday, the floods killed 17 people and left six others missing, causing damage estimated at more than VND1.5 trillion (over US$68.7 million) in Quang Ninh, the provincial Steering Board for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue reported.
More than 3,700 households have been affected by the floods that began to recede on July 29, authorities said.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warned that heavy rains will keep hitting northern Vietnamese provinces until August 4, possibly together with flash floods and landslides.
Accordingly, downpours will continue raging in the northern region, especially in Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Lang Son and Bac Giang Provinces, and mountainous areas from July 30 to August 4, the center said.