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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has requested that
provincial people’s committees provide cheap and clean water
to households affected. (Photo: VNA)
The report was prepared by three groups of experts from the DRRP who were sent
to affected central provinces from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai on October 22 and 23
to assess flood damage and the needs of survivors.
It also showed that around 7 million people in affected areas are living in
temporary shelters or in vulnerable structures or houses. Those whose homes were
submerged in floodwater are not likely to return to normality for three or five
weeks.
DRRP partners have delivered emergency aid to the central region in response to
a call for relief and international assistance from the Central Steering
Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster
Management (AHA Centre) has sent more than 30 tonnes of emergency supplies to
Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri provinces. The Vietnam Red Cross Society has
provided flood-hit areas with 1,200 family goods packs and 500 boxes of P&G
purifier powder, while the World Health Organisation has aided the six
hardest-hit provinces with 320,000 Oasis water purification tablets.
Water supply systems in flood-stricken provinces have been seriously damaged,
causing water shortages.
In this context, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has requested
that provincial people’s committees provide cheap and clean water to households
affected. It will also urgently send 10,000 water tanks to Ha Tinh, Quang Binh,
Quang Tri, and Thua Thien-Hue.
Source: VNA
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