The Prime Minister has instructed the Finance Ministry to provide 215 billion VND (12.6 million USD) in emergency aid to speed up dam upgrade projects to control the effects of floods and storms in southern Hau Giang Province, central Thua Thien Hue Province and northern Phu Tho Province.
The money will be sourced from Government bonds.
Hau Giang is to receive 70 billion VND to implement the second phase of the Xang Xa No canal, while Thua Thien-Hue will be granted 55 billion VND to complete an urgent project to tackle the erosion of the Hai Duong-Thuan An-Hoa Duan coast. Phu Tho will receive 90 billion VND to complete repairs to dykes on both sides of the Thao river and alongside the Da river.
On Nov. 17, the PM made a decision to allocate 310 billion VND (18.2 million USD) from the 2008’s State budget reserve to 18 localities to overcome the consequences of the recent floods.
From this sum, 35 billion VND will be issued to northern Ninh Binh Province, 40 billion VND to Hanoi, and 25 billion VND to central Nghe An Province.
The northern provinces of Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Thai Binh and Bac Giang will receive 20 billion VND each, while Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa, Hai Duong, Ha Tinh, Bac Ninh, Nam Dinh provinces will each receive 15 billion VND.
Hoa Binh is to be provided with 10 billion VND and Thai Nguyen, 5 billion VND.
A further 5,400 tonnes of rice from the national reserve will be provided as famine relief to flood victims. Ninh Binh, Bac Giang and Nghe An will each receive 1,000 tonnes of rice, Thanh Hoa, 900 tonnes and Ha Tinh 1,500 tonnes.
As many as 45 tonnes of vegetable seeds will also be provided to 13 localities to restore farming. Hanoi will receive the largest amount (10 tonnes), followed by Vinh Phuc with 7 tonnes, and Nghe An, which will be granted 5 tonnes. Ninh Binh, Hung Yen, and Thanh Hoa will each receive 3 tonnes and Ha Nam, Phu Tho, Hai Duong, Bac Giang, Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh and Bac Ninh will receive 2 tonnes each.
More aid for storm and flood-hit people
The Prime Minister decided on Nov. 17 to provide 85 billion VND (5 million USD) and 3,700 tonnes of rice from national reserves for storm and flood-hit central provinces.
The money is aimed to help stablise affected people’s life, recover farming production, restore the infrastructure system and prevent epidemics, while the rice is expected to timely aid those in hunger.
On the same day, the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam) said it had decided to donate 2 billion VND (110,000 USD) to help flood victims in the capital city of Hanoi.
The flood triggered by prolonged rain in late October in northern and central Vietnam killed 82 people and destroyed 180,400 houses and 245,000 ha of winter crops. The total damage is estimated to reach more than 6 trillion VND (360 million USD).
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