Japan sends water purifiers to aid storm-hit areas
The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), donated 105 water filtering systems to help residents in central Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces cope with aftermath of flooding.
Storm Damrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours and floods had claimed 89 lives and left 18 missing and 174 other injured in central and Central Highlands localities as of November 7 night (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Japanese government,through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), donated 105 waterfiltering systems to help residents in central Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Namprovinces cope with aftermath of flooding.
The filterers arrived at Da Nang International Airport inthe afternoon of November 7.
Vietnam has been making efforts to cope with aftermathsof widespread flooding caused by typhoon Damrey which swept through centralVietnam last weekend.
The aid has demonstrated the close friendship andcooperation between Japan and Vietnam at the time when many areas in Vietnamcontinue suffering severe damage and flooding due to the storm, said Head ofthe General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Tran QuangHoai after his department received the aid.
The National Committee for Search and Rescue reportedthat storm Damrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours andfloods had claimed 89 lives and left 18 missing and 174 other injured incentral and Central Highlands localities as of November 7 night.-VNA
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Storm Damrey that hit Vietnam on November 4 and following downpours and floods had claimed 89 lives and left 18 missing and 174 other injured in central and Central Highlands localities as of November 7 night (Source: VNA) 
