Hanoi (VNA) – TheUnited Nations Resident Coordinator and the Country Director of Save theChildren on behalf of the Disaster Management Group have issued the 2020 Vietnamflood response plan to raise 40 million USD to provide assistance for 177,000 ofthe most vulnerable flood-affected people hard hit in the central region.

The plan covers six months to address immediate humanitarian needs and carryout several early recovery activities.

UN Resident Coordinator KamalMalhotra said the UN, humanitarian assistance partners and the Red Cross aremeeting the needs of the most vulnerable people in flood-affected areas.

Conducted by the Government, UN agencies and foreign non-governmentalorganisations, a joint assessment in the five most affected provinces, namely QuangBinh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai, identified the needto provide multi-sectoral assistance for 177,000 of the most vulnerable peoplein affected areas.

An estimated 153,000 children are also at risk of discontinued learning due todamaged schools and in need for emergency education supplies, including hygienesupplies and learning devices.

Humanitarian support is also required in evacuation sites that currently do nothave enough supplies to meet basic needs, including access to clean water andsanitation facilities, putting people at risk of sickness and disease.

According to the Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control,floods have so far left 119 dead, 21 missing and hundreds of others injured,including 36 officers and soldiers who lost their lives while supporting peoplehit by flooding in Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri./.