The Prime Minister has just made a decision to allocate VND 260 billion (USD 11.7 million) from the central budget’s reserve to help 12 northern localities seriously affected by storms earlier this year.

Accordingly, Nam Dinh will receive VND 50 billion (USD 2.25 million); Thai Binh, VND 40 billion (USD 1.8 million); Ha Giang, Lao Cai, VND 30 billion (USD 1.35 million) each; Ninh Binh, Hai Phong, Hoa Binh VND 20 billion (USD 900,000) each; and Ha Nam, Dien Bien, Hung Yen, Thanh Hoa, Son La, VND 10 billion (USD 450,000) each.

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The money should be spent on upgrading and repairing essential infrastructure such as irrigation works, roads in rural areas and dikes.

Another VND 50 billion (USD 2.25 million) from the central budget will also be advanced to Nam Dinh (VND 20 billion), Thai Binh (VND 20 billion), and Hung Yen (VND 10 billion) to purchase seedlings and livestock for farmers.

Typhoon Mirinae, the first hit Vietnam this year, swept through the northern region in the midnight of July 27, causing huge human and property damages with Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh and Thai Binh provinces being the hardest hit.

Meanwhile, Lao Cai and Yen Bai were battered by flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the wake of typhoon Nida in early August.

The two storms flooded nearly 256,000ha of agricultural land in the affected localities, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Source: VNA