The Red Cross had its municipal and provincial chapters evacuate people from danger zones and give them urgently needed food and drinking water.

The society’s central committee sent VND2.2 billion worth of cash, emergency goods, food, and water purifying tablets to the five provinces that were hardest hit by the storms.

It also dispatched three relief teams to these provinces. On the morning of October 8, the VRC delegation to Quang Binh province donated water purifiers to local people and taught them to operate these devices to counter water pollution caused by floods.

VRC official Tran Quoc Hung said they also doled out instant noodles to people without access to food. The waters have receded, leaving vast areas in need of decontamination and clean-up.

The same morning, representatives of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies headed for the provinces of Nghe An, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. The Federation’s chief representative, Dang Van Tao, said the Federation will donate $150,000 to people in the affected areas. He added that after their inspection, his organization will make an international appeal for more aid.

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Many organizations throughout Vietnam have been contributing money to a fund of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to help their compatriots.

A total of VND920.5 million has been raised by Nam Dinh province, VOV, the Finance Ministry, the VFF, and the Central Commission for External Relations.