Mr. Park Noh-Wan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea to Vietnam directly present the support package to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Member of the CCNDPC.
The widespread and prolonged rain and flood from mid-September 2020 up to now have severely affected and devastated the Central provinces of Vietnam. As of October 27, 2020, the estimated damages and losses are 130 casualties, 20 missing people, nearly 290,000 being damaged and deeply flooded for many days, approx. 7 million people falling in very difficult circumstances; thousands of hectares of rice and upland crops damaged or totally destroyed; millions of cattle, poultry and thousands of hectares of aquaculture production either damaged, lost or swept away, numerous roads, bridges and many irrigation, electricity and telecommunications facilities damaged, collapsed and swept away. Total damages have not been able to be fully reckoned so far. Currently, due to the circulation impact of Typhoon No. 9 – the strongest storm on record in the past 20 years in the Central region, serious damages to people and property are being initially enumerated.
Mr. Park Noh-Wan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea to Vietnam spoke at the Ceremony
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hiep, MARD Deputy Minister and Member of the CCNDPC delivered the speech at the Ceremony
Facing the escalating damages and losses caused by recent tropical digressions and floods, the Vietnamese Party Committee and Government of Vietnam have been urgently launching many actions to respond to disasters and providing emergency supports and relief to affected people to help them partly overcome disaster damages. Responding to the Call of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (CCNDPC), the Korean Embassy in Vietnam was one of the first organizations to promptly activate a USD 300,000 cash package for disaster recovery in the Central region.
On October 29, 2020, at the headquarter of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Park Noh-Wan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea to Vietnam directly present the support package to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Member of the CCNDPC.
For most effective disbursement of this cash package, the CCNDPC shall discuss and consult the local authorities and stakeholders to understand their needs before an optimal spending plan will be developed. Tentative spending options include: (i) Delivering cash reliefs to affected people so that they can recover themselves; (ii) Supporting the repairs of their damaged houses; (iii) Supporting the installation of community based iron alarms or large iron bells to ring the alarming levels before floods and storms.
CENTRAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION AND CONTROL
For more information, please contact:
Vũ Đức Tùng, Standing Office of the CCNDPC
Tel: 084 641 9889; Email: tungvd.1989@gmail.com.
