The Government has decided to provide 50 billion VND for central localities which were hit by Typhoon Xangsane, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said on Oct. 2.
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The Government has decided to provide 50 billion VND for central localities which were hit by Typhoon Xangsane, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said on Oct. 2.
The Deputy PM told a meeting of the Steering Committee for Flood Control in the central city of Da Nang that under a recent PM decision, Da Nang will be given 20 billion VND; Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces, 10 billion VND each, Quang Ngai province, 5 billion VND; Quang Tri province, 3 billion VND; and the central highlands province of Kon Tum, 2 billion VND.
Deputy PM Hung asked the natural disaster-stricken localities to quickly help local people to stabilise their lives, and give priority to restoring the healthcare, school, transport and communications systems.
Also on Oct. 2, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a decision to provide 1,500 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for three central localities which were hardest hit by Typhoon Xangsane.
Under the decision,
The same day, the President-cum-General Secretary of the Viet Nam Red Cross led a delegation to visit poor families in the city of
The delegation will donate 80 million VND and 600 boxes of goods, valued at 300,000 VND each, to poor families hit by the typhoon in the above-said localities.
(Source: VNA)
