Relief handed to storm victims in Quang Ngai
President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee Bui Thi Hoa visited and handed relief to victims hit by the recent storm in Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai.
On October 1, she handed VND200 million (US$8,600) and 200 boxes of necessities worth over VND120 million to families that suffer serious damage in housing, crops and livelihoods.
Poor, near-poor households and those living in disadvantaged circumstances received VND1-5 million in aid each.
The same day, the Quang Ngai provincial Red Cross Society and the national charity alliance handed over 300 relief package, each valued at VND305,000, to disadvantaged and storm-hit families.
The storm pulled down and unroofed nearly 1,300 houses, damaged more than 300ha of vegetables and other crops, many schools, medical stations and roads.