A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Deputy Chairwoman of the Municipal People’s Council Phan Thi Thang yesterday visited and handed over more than VND5.7 billion (US$ 245,643) to people affected by recent floods and storms in Thua Thien- Hue Province.
Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP) Newspaper in cooperation with the Nham Border Guard Post and Hong Van Border Gate Border Post under the Thua Thien-Hue Provincial Border Guard Command yesterday handed over six tons of rice together with cooking oil bottles, sodium glutamate bags and other necessities to 300 ethnic minority families in flood-hit communes of Hong Bac, Hong Thai, Hong Van and Trung Son in A Luoi District, Thua Thien- Hue Province.
The government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has decided to provide a humanitarian aid package worth US$300,000 for Vietnam to help it overcome consequences of recent floods in its central region, the RoK's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on October 22.