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| A street in Lao Cai city, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, is flooded on September 9. (Photo: VNA) |
The afternoon of September 13 saw military helicopters of Air Force Regiment 916 from Hanoi carry food and essential supplies to continue supporting people based in isolated areas in Bao Lam and Bao Lac districts in the northern province of Cao Bang.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Hoang, deputy political commissar of Regiment 916, said on September 13 that an additional three aircraft will also be mobilised to transport relief packages to support flood victims.
This comes after military helicopters made initial flights on September 11 and September 12 to carry out rescue missions and transport essential supplies to flood-affected areas in Nguyen Binh district of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.
In addition, hundreds of soldiers from the police and military forces were dispatched to flash-flood hit areas to join local forces in carrying out rescue work.
Responding to the call of Party General Secretary and President To Lam and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, a large number of businesses, organisations, individuals, and localities across the country have donated money and essential necessities in support of typhoon-hit victims.
As of 5:00 p.m. on September 13, organisations and individuals have transferred a total of VND775.5 billion to the account of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee
International organisations have actively supported the nation in overcoming the severe consequences of the typhoons, whilst Australia, the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea have become the first countries to support flood-hit people in northern localities.
On September 12, the Republic of Korean Embassy announced that the Korean Government has decided to provide humanitarian aid worth US$2 million in an effort to contribute to the restoration of damaged areas whilst helping people in affected areas return to their daily lives as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the Australian Government unveiled that it would provide Vietnam with an initial aid of AUD3 million, including humanitarian assistance efforts, emergency relief supplies, and other essential services to respond to the damage caused by super typhoon Yagi. The first batch of emergency relief supplies arrived in Hanoi on the evening of September 11.
The US Diplomatic Mission in Vietnam stated that, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), it will provide US$1 million in emergency humanitarian aid to support the nation in overcoming the aftermath of typhoon Yagi.
According to the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as of 6:00 a.m. on September 14, as many as 345 people had either died or were missing due to the super typhoon and subsequent flooding.
At least 1,908 people were injured due to severe flooding caused by storm circulation in the northern region.
Lao Cai was the locality which suffered the most human losses with 111 people dead and 61 missing, followed by Yen Bai with 53 dead and two missing, Cao Bang with 43 dead and nine missing, Quang Ninh with 25 dead, Phu Tho with 11 dead, and Hoa Binh with seven dead./.