Tag: disaster
Australian PM extends sympathy over disaster tragedy in Vietnam
VOV.VN - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a letter extending sympathy to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc over huge human and property losses caused by recent severe flooding in central Vietnam.
Vietnamese in Malaysia, UK busy raising fund for flood victims in central region
Vietnamese Embassies in Malaysia and the United Kingdom and local Vietnamese societies there have been busy over the last several days raising funds for flood-stricken people in the central region.
RoK offers 300,000 USD worth of cash relief to flood-hit central Vietnam
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Noh-Wan on October 29 handed over US$300,000 in cash from the RoK government to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep to help flood-hit provinces in central Vietnam.
Chile opens its market to Vietnamese grapefruit
VOV.VN - Chilean Agriculture Minister Antonio Walker has announced that the South American nation’s competent agencies have approved the export of Vietnamese grapefruit to the Chilean market.
Rescue efforts underway after typhoon Molave dissipates
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and a working group of the front steering committee visited Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province to give assessment of damage caused by typhoon Molave as soon as it dissipated on October 28 afternoon.
Vietnamese representative agencies abroad raise funds for flood-hit people
The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, held a fundraising event on October 27 to support flood-hit people in the central region of Vietnam.
OVs support flood-hit people in central region
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy and Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Malaysia have raised a total of VND600 million in an effort to support individuals affected by the recent historic flooding that has hit the central region.
Emergency evacuation of over 571,740 people in response to typhoon Molave
VOV.VN - Provinces throughout the central region have urgently evacuated 146,866 households and 571,746 people in an effort to protect locals from the impact of Typhoon Molave which is moving rapidly towards central Vietnam.
Vietnam thanks int'l organisations for disaster relief
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on October 26 received representatives from UN agencies and international organisations that have supported flood victims in the central region.
1.2 million to flee as typhoon Molave nears
VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to evacuate approximately 1.2 million people if typhoon Molave forecast to make landfall on October 28 sustains its speed, suggested the General Department of on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control.
