The project is being carried out by the Vietnam Red Cross Society, in respond to calls from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent at a total cost of US$1.2 million in the thirteen disaster-prone provinces of Hoa Binh, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen. The beneficiaries include victims of Storm Lekima and major floods in 2007.