VOV.VN - The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has pledged a total of SGD 250,000 (US$190,000) to support Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in five regional countries, including Vietnam, in repose to recent severe weather events across the region.

VOV.VN - As historic floods devastate Vietnam’s central provinces, an extraordinary outpouring of solidarity has swept across the nation, with communities from north to south mobilising day and night to support those in need.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a telegram, instructing relevant ministries, sectors and provinces to urgently focus on overcoming the consequences of the recent floods, restoring production and business activities, and stabilising people’s livelihoods in the central region.

VOV.VN - The Politburo and Secretariat have decided to set up five working groups, led by senior Party and State leaders, to continue inspecting, directing, and supervising flood recovery efforts in several central provinces.

The central city of Hue has so far received over VND329 billion (over US$12.5 million) from the central budget, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)'s agencies, and other localities to support flood recovery efforts, according to the municipal Civil Defence Command.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision on an emergency allocation of VND100 billion (US$3.8 million) from the central budget reserve to assist Hue City in recovering from severe flood damage.

Party General Secretary To Lam urged the central city of Hue to expedite post-flood recovery efforts, aiming to swiftly return students to school and restore normalcy for residents, during a working trip on November 2.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on August 9 examined the fixing of flood consequences in the northern mountainous province of Son La and visited people affected by natural disasters in Muong Chanh commune of Mai Son district and Ban Lam commune of Thuan Chau district.

A project named “Humanitarian Aid and Post-Flood Recovery in Central Vietnam”, funded by the Dutch Relief Alliance under the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands, was launched in the central province of Quang Nam on December 29.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 1 visited and presented gifts to a number of families badly affected by typhoon Molave in Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces.