Vietnamese expats in Italy help repair schools in disaster-hit central areas
Overseas Vietnamese in Italy have raised nearly 300 million VND (around 13,200 USD) to finance the repair of schools in remote areas in central Vietnam which were hardly hit by natural disasters last year.
Rome (VNA) – Overseas Vietnamese in Italy haveraised nearly 300 million VND (around 13,200 USD) to finance the repair ofschools in remote areas in central Vietnam which were hardly hit by naturaldisasters last year.
Donations have been sent to the Vietnam-Italy FriendshipAssociation by not only Vietnamese but also Italians, with the Italy-Vietnam Mutual Assistance Association, the Vietnamese Students’Association in Italy, the Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association, the Italy-Vietnam Cultural Bridge Association, theItalian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, and the association of Italian families withadopted Vietnamese children among the donors.
The sum has been used to repair a school for childrenwith disabilities in Le Thuy district of Quang Binh province and a kindergarten in Huong Hoa district of QuangTri province and help these schools replace equipment damaged by flooding.
At the beginning of 2021, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam-ItalyFriendship Association Tran Thanh Quyet and former President of the Vietnamese Students’Association in Italy Phan Hoang Nam visited the schools to survey their needsand develop plans for the repair. The repair was completed last month,thus improving the learning environment for local students.
Earlier this year, about 80 million VND sourced from a fundfor central Vietnam has been used to aid Vietnam’s COVID-19 response efforts./.
A total of 508 billion VND (22.14 million USD) was lost due to natural disasters between January and June this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The provision of disaster response skill training for people is critically important to the countries vulnerable to natural disasters like Vietnam so as to create response preparedness for each individual, said Kazuko Kori, Mayor of Sendai city in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture.
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Over the past 30 years, natural disasters in Vietnam cause the death or missing of nearly 400 people along with economic losses of about 1-1.5 percent of GDP each year.
The Prime Minister has ordered localities in the central region, ministries, and sectors to take swift actions to address flooding consequences and gear up for an approaching tropical depression likely to strengthen into storm.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
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The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
