Prime Minister donates to support flood victims

At 7:30 a.m. today, December 23, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa Binh, Vuong Dinh Hue, Vu Duc Dam, and Trinh Dinh Dung attended the fundraising ceremony to support flood victims in the south central region, organized by the Government Office.

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers donated to support the people of the South Central region to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

This is the second donation to support people in flood-affected areas organized by the Government Office after the donation on October 18 (with an amount of nearly 400 million VND).

Since October, the Central and Central Highlands provinces have experienced five large-scale, unusually intense, prolonged floods, causing serious damage.

Floods have left 111 people dead and missing, and 121 injured. More than 316,000 houses were flooded and damaged. More than 42,800 hectares of rice and 39,000 hectares of crops were flooded and damaged. Total damage is estimated at over VND8,573 billion, bringing the total damage caused by natural disasters since the beginning of the year to 235 people dead and missing, and estimated costs of over VND37,650 billion (equivalent to 1.7 billion USD).

The floods from December 12-16 alone left 15 people dead or missing.

Before attending the second fundraising event of the Government Office, on December 21, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc directly inspected, grasped the situation and visited the lives of people in flooded areas in Binh Dinh province, the locality that suffered the most damage.

The Prime Minister also worked with provincial leaders, made decisions, and supported Binh Dinh in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters. There, the Prime Minister said that despite many instructions, "if I don't come here, I won't feel secure", "I'm very worried when I see my people suffer so much damage" and emphasized that promptly helping people in difficult and unfortunate situations is one of the Government's spirit of action.

Some photos at the Government Office's fundraising event to support the people of the Central region

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa Binh, Vuong Dinh Hue, Trinh Dinh Dung, and Vu Duc Dam donated to support people in the south central region to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

Government Office staff donate to support people in Central Vietnam. Photo: VGP/Quang Hieu

Government Office staff donate to support people in Central Vietnam.

According to baochinhphu.vn