More foreign typhoon reliefs, donations come, UK pledges one million GBP in aid
A total of 40 water purifiers and 200 multi-purpose plastic tarpaulins donated by Japan are set to come to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 15 to be delivered to people in areas affected by heavy rains and floods triggered by super Typhoon Yagi.
Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki and representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) handed over the relief goods to Deputy Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)'s Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Preventiona Vu Xuan Thanh at Noi Bai Internatial Airport on the same day morning.
On September 14, a fund-raising programme for Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi organised in Tokyo by the Kanto Joho Union of Japan collected JPY200,000 (nearly US$1,420).
The event was held within the framework of the 12th Japanese eloquent contest for foreign workers hosted by the union.
On the same day, the Vietnamese community in Saitama prefecture also raised 119,000 JPY for flood victims in the homeland.
UK Ambassador to Vietnam Iain Frew on September 14 announced that the UK government will provide one million GBP in humanitarian aid to help Vietnam overcome the consequences of the natural disaster.
On September 13 - 14, the MARD received three shipments from the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) and then transferred to Yen Bai and Lao Cai provinces
