Heavy rains and flash floods had claimed 26 lives and left 15 others missing and 27 injured (Source: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and other agencies of Vietnam in thecountry have raised a fund worth 2,300 USD in support of flood victims in thehomeland.
Minister-Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos NguyenThanh Tung handed over the donation to Tran Thanh Man, President of the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, in Vientiane, Laos, on August 12.
The fund aims to help people in northern mountainous provinces hit by therecent floods promptly overcome consequences of the natural disaster andstabilise their lives, Tung said.
VFF President Man said the flooding has caused great human and property lossesin the localities.
The Vietnamese community in Laos is also implementing a range of activities to assistthe flood victims at home.
According to the Central Steering Committee forNatural Disaster Prevention and Control, by August 7, heavy rains and flashfloods had claimed 26 lives and left 15 others missing and 27 injured.
About 230 houses had been swept away or collapsed while 245 others had beendamaged and 340 hectares of rice had been submerged by floodwater. Nearly 400households had had to leave their homes to safer places.
The intense floods had also eroded over 25,000 cubic metres of nationalhighways, 117,706 cubic metres of provincial and district roads; damaged 145irrigation works and 2,072 metres of river dike, causing about over 940 billionVND (41.36 million USD) in economic losses in the region.-VNA
Minister-Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos NguyenThanh Tung handed over the donation to Tran Thanh Man, President of the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, in Vientiane, Laos, on August 12.
The fund aims to help people in northern mountainous provinces hit by therecent floods promptly overcome consequences of the natural disaster andstabilise their lives, Tung said.
VFF President Man said the flooding has caused great human and property lossesin the localities.
The Vietnamese community in Laos is also implementing a range of activities to assistthe flood victims at home.
According to the Central Steering Committee forNatural Disaster Prevention and Control, by August 7, heavy rains and flashfloods had claimed 26 lives and left 15 others missing and 27 injured.
About 230 houses had been swept away or collapsed while 245 others had beendamaged and 340 hectares of rice had been submerged by floodwater. Nearly 400households had had to leave their homes to safer places.
The intense floods had also eroded over 25,000 cubic metres of nationalhighways, 117,706 cubic metres of provincial and district roads; damaged 145irrigation works and 2,072 metres of river dike, causing about over 940 billionVND (41.36 million USD) in economic losses in the region.-VNA
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