Vietnam receives 100,000 USD in Chinese donation for Typhoon Yagi victims
he Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received emergency aid worth 100,000 USD from the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) to assist Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei (L) hands over the donation to VNRC President Bui Thi Hoa at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 23. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received emergency aid worth 100,000 USD from the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) to assist Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei handed over the donation to VNRC President Bui Thi Hoa at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 23.
The diplomat said the Party, Government, and people of China are closely monitoring the flooding in Vietnam, adding the Red Cross Society of China has decided to donate 100,000 USD in emergency aid to help Vietnamese victims recover from the typhoon aftermath.
Hoa said the VNRC Central Committee continues to promote cooperation between the two Red Cross Societies as well as their branches in border provinces, focusing on strengthening exchange and experience sharing, and supporting each other in the areas of health care, social affairs, disaster prevention and response, livelihood, and youth/volunteer exchange.
So far, the VNRC Central Committee has allocated emergency relief valued at nearly 10 billion VND (over 406,000 USD), and assisted over 10,300 households with more than 41,500 beneficiaries in 15 provinces and cities affected by the typhoon and its aftermath.
Since a community fundraising campaign was launched on September 7, the VNRC has received 16 billion VND.
💟 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has launched an emergency call for joint efforts in support of Vietnamese people hit by the natural disaster with an estimated budget of 4 million CHF (over 4.7 million USD). Currently, a number of domestic and international organisations, businesses, and individuals are in discussions with the VNRC Central Committee to implement projects and non-refundable aid./.
In response to the appeal of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore on September 15 launched a campaign to raise funds to support people who were affected by Typhoon Yagi and subsequent floods in the homeland.
The Vietnamese community in Russia has raised over 2 billion VND (81,433 USD) to support people suffering damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in the home country during just one week after launching a donation campaign.
Individuals and collectives at home and abroad have donated over 1.09 trillion VND (44.4 million USD) to the Central Relief Committee under the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) to support people hit by Typhoon Yagi as of 5pm on September 15.
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