Vietnamese in Laos support flood victims
The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has launched a fund-raising campaign for storm and flood victims in the central region of Vietnam.
The campaign, in response to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee’s appeal, aims to help ease difficulties for those affected by the two consecutive tropical storms, Wutip and Nari.
During the launching ceremony, Vietnamese organisations, businesses and individuals in Laos donated US$12,590 for the victims.
Meanwhile, the Singapore Red Cross has announced it will provide 30,000 SGD worth of relief items for storm and flood victims in Vietnam.
Benjamin William, Secretary General of Singapore Red Cross, said that the Singapore Red Cross has been coordinating with other societies for appropriate humanitarian action as destruction is heavy and more help is urgently needed.
Initial statistics show that Storm Wutip, which hit Vietnam’s central region on September 30, killed 14 people and injured 225 others, and caused damage totalling VND11 trillion (US$517 million).
Nari, the most recent storm, left a trail of destruction amounting to an estimated VND1.5 trillion (US$71 million) in central coastal provinces. It killed five people and injured 49.