Japan provides emergency aid for flood-hit victims in Yen Bai, Hoa Binh provinces
Saturday, 21/10/2017 12:37 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - Some 40 sets of canvases, 47 water purifiers, and 5,025 blankets (all brand new ones) from the Japanese Government’s emergency relief aid for flood-hit victims in Yen Bai and Hoa Binh provinces landed at the Noi Bai International Airport at 14h00 on October 20th.
Mr Tran Quang Hoai, Director of the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority, a permanent member of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, spoke at the ceremony at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport.
The international assistance is to respond to the Vietnamese Government’s call and in line with the close relationship between the two countries.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has been working to ensure the donation will reach flood victims in the two provinces as soon as possible.
Nagai Katsuro, Minister of the Japanese Embassy to Vietnam, expressed his empathy with losses the Vietnamese people have suffered from the past historical downpours and floods, hoping the aid would help people in flood areas ease their difficulties.
Continuous downpours from October 10th triggered floods and landslides in Northern and North Central regions, causing huge human and property losses.
Statistics released by the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control showed that as of October 16th, some 103 were killed and missing by floods, injured 38 while forcing 2,604 households to evacuate, as well as inundating around 162,636 ha of agricultural land./.
ATP