The Khanh Hoa provincial Department of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs allocated much of its budget to support families who have dead, missing or injured family members as well as those whose houses have been destroyed.

The Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee has also spent VND16 billion to restore infrastructure, roads, and irrigation and on social welfare projects.

*** Phu Yen allocates aid to flood victims

By November 12, it is still raining heavily in Tuy An district, Phu Yen province. Many houses in An Hai village were submerged under sand. The local authorities have mobilised people and equipment to prevent sand entering houses and asked the Tuy An district People’s Committee to devise measures to deal with the problem.

According to the Phu Yen provincial Steering Board for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, prolonged floods since late October have left 7 dead, one missing, and swept away nearly 100 houses. The Government has provided the province with 1,000 tonnes of rice and VND30 billion to deal with the consequences of floods. The provincial Fatherland Front Committee also received aid worth VND4.5 billion and rice, noodle soup, clean water, blankets, mosquitoes nets, and clothes to help flood victims.

*** Binh Dinh urged the Government to provide VND150 billion and 3,000 tonnes of rice

The Binh Dinh provincial People’s Committee has asked the Government to provide VND150 billion, 3,000 tonnes of rice, 400,000 doses of foot and mouth disease vaccine, 500,000 doses of cholera vaccine and 20 tonnes of quarantine chemicals to help the province overcome the consequences of floods.

The Binh Dinh provincial Steering Board for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control said that by November 12, the floods claimed 7 dead, one missing and 2 injured. Floods also damaged nearly 200 houses, submerged 4,015 and isolated more than 2,000 others.

Many transport and irrigation projects were seriously damaged and thousands hectares of crops were ruined. Initial estimated losses are more than VND513 billion.