Vietnam Fatherland Front offers aid to storm victims
The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on November 5 decided to allocate VND3 billion (US$132,000) to south central and Central Highlands provinces which were just hit by storm Damrey.
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Khanh Hoa province will receive VND1 billion (US$44,000) while Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Dak Lak and Quang Ngai provinces receive VND500 million (US$22,000) each.
The funds will be used to provide relief aid for families of the deceased, missing and injured and those whose houses collapsed or were swept away.
Storm Damrey has wreaked havoc in the south central and Central Highlands provinces of Vietnam, killing 27 people and leaving 22 others missing by 8:00am on November 5, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
The storm pulled down 626 houses, unroofed and damaged 39,704 houses in the region, mostly in Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, and Dak Lak province.
As many as 4,425 hectares of rice were inundated and 25,212 hectares of crops were ruined. Up to 228 fishing vessels have been sunk while nearly 1,500 fishing farms were damaged in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa.
