The IFRC has issued an emergency appeal with the aim of raising 4 million CHF (over 4.7 million USD) to support 130,000 people in seven Northern mountainous provinces in Vietnam. To date, it has received more than 2 million CHF, including assistance from the European Union, the Governments of Spain, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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Yen Bai city in the Northern province of Yen Bai is severely affected by Typhoon Yagi. |
The VNRC Central Committee has allocated emergency relief valued at nearly 14.7 billion VND (over 579,400 USD), and assisted over 21,000 households with more than 84,000 beneficiaries in 20 provinces and cities affected by the typhoon and its aftermath, according to VNRC Vice Chairman Vu Thanh Luu.
Since a community fundraising campaign was launched on September 7, the VNRC has received 29 billion VND.
The VNRC is developing a comprehensive relief program including interventions and support from the IFRC, international partners, domestic and foreign partners to support emergency relief and recovery for areas affected by Typhoon Yagi. It is proactively preparing human resources, procedures and technical conditions to carry out emergency relief, recovery and reconstruction programs and projects in the areas with priority given to assistance in terms of food and nutrition, clean water, sanitation and disease prevention and control in emergency situations.
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, as of September 27, Typhoon Yagi, the third to enter the East Sea (South China Sea) this year, and circulation caused floods and landslides, left 318 people dead, 26 others missing, and 1,976 injured. Damage to property of the people and the state was estimated at over 81 trillion VND.
Source: VNA