Landslides hit the northern mountainous region due to torrential rains and floods (Photo: VNA) Ha Giang (VNA) – A delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front(VFF) Central Committee led by its Vice President and General Secretary Hau ALenh on July 1 visited families of victims and households affected by recentdevastating floods in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.
Lenh lauded the Party Committees, administrations and VFF Committees atall levels of Ha Giang province for their active response as well as efforts indealing with the disaster consequences.
Lenh, who is also head of the Central Relief Committee, handed over 1billion VND (44,000 USD) from the committee to Ha Giang to support the affectedresidents.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trieu Tai Vinh said that torrentialrains and floods lasting from June 22-27 caused severe losses of human livesand property in the province.
Nearly 1,600 houses were submerged by floodwater, while hundreds ofothers were swept away and ruined.
Meanwhile, 10 schools in Quan Ba and Vi Xuyen districts and Ha Giangcity were damaged seriously, along with hundreds social works and many roads.Total losses are estimated at 122 billion VND (5.36 million USD).
On the occasion, the VFF delegation presented 40 million VND to each ofsix households having their houses destroyed, and 5 million VND each tofamilies of dead victims in Quan Ba district.
The same day, a charity group in neighbouring Lai Chau province, anotherhard-hit locality by floods, presented gifts totaling over 120 million VND (5,200USD) to affected local people in Sin Ho district.
Earlier, another charity team also handed over 100 million VND (4,400USD) to leaders of Tan Uyen district of Lai Chau province to support the victims.
Flash floodsand landslides left 23 dead and 10 missing in the northern mountainousprovinces, mainly in Lai Chau and Ha Giang.
Of the victims,16 deaths and 9 missing victims were in Lai Chau province, five deaths in HaGiang, one death each in Quang Ninh and Lao Cai, and one missing person in DienBien, reported the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee forNatural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Floods alsopulled down or swept away 161 houses, damaged 958 homes and submerged 1,800others.
In addition,more than 1,500 hectares of rice and crops were inundated or destroyed, whilenearly 600 hectares of aquaculture were damaged and 738 cattle heads and over13,800 poultry were killed.
Total damagewas estimated at nearly 500 billion VND (around 21.8 million USD).-VNA
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