Nearly VND21 billion to support typhoon affected residents

Monday, 25/09/2017 17:00
As of September 23rd, 53 organizations registered to donate money to assist residents in the central province of Ha Tinh who were affected by the recent Typhoon Doksuri, the provincial Fatherland Front said on September 24th.

Saigon Giai Phong (Saigon Liberation) newspaper gives assistance worth VND90 million to 3 schools in Ha Tinh province. (Photo: SGGP)
According to Nguyen Thi Mai Thuy, Vice President of the provincial Fatherland Front, the organizations have committed to donate VND20.7 billion, including VND1.4 billion in goods.

Initial statistics from the provincial People’s Committee show that the typhoon damaged 93,257 houses, 332 hectares of rice and 1,642 hectares of vegetables, and thousands of hectares of fruits and forestry trees. Over 66,885 animals and poultry were killed and 1,337 hectares of aquaculture were destroyed. Meanwhile, schools, medical stations, power networks and key dykes were also seriously damaged.

The typhoon left losses of over VND6 trillion in Ha Tinh province./.

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