Ambassadors of Pacific Alliance support Vietnamese flood victims
Chilean Ambassador Jaime Chomali, on behalf of ambassadors of member countries of the Pacific Alliance (PA), has expressed his deep sympathies over human and property losses caused by floods in Vietnam’s central region.
Ambassadors of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru to Vietnam on October 20 sent necessities, including dried food and drinking water, to the Vietnam Red Cross Society, to support the Vietnamese flood victims.
The Chilean Ambassador expressed his hope that the aid will help to ease the plight of the residents.
Dao Ngoc Trieu, Chairman of the Hanoi Red Cross Society, thanked the good deeds, and affirmed that through the Red Cross Society, the donations will be handed over to the affected people.
Trieu said he hopes there will be more foreign representative offices and international organisations joining hands with the Vietnam Red Cross Society in natural disaster response efforts.
The ambassadors expressed their belief that the Vietnamese Government and people will promptly deal with flood consequences and help local residents soon resume their daily lives.
According to a report from the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, as of 7am on October 21, flooding that began on October 6 had killed 111 people and left 22 missing. Some 371 ha of rice paddies have been submerged, 7,126 ha of crops damaged, and over 700,000 heads of cattle and poultry killed or swept away.
