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Vietnamese in Laos provide aids to flood-hit area

Overseas Vietnamese in Laos support victims of Typhoon Yagi. (Photo: VOV)

According to VOV, Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane, Laos, launched a donation campaign on September 10 to support people in northern provinces of Vietnam and Laos that were hard hit by super typhoon Yagi.

Venerable Thich Minh Quang, head of the pagoda, shared that the storm caused extensive destruction, damaging and flooding houses and infrastructure, leading to significant loss of human lives and property. Crops, livestock, and fish farms were devastated, and many areas remain isolated due to damaged roads and bridges.

The pagoda called on the Vietnamese community in Laos, local businesses, and philanthropists to offer their support. The appeal was posted on social media, encouraging donations from Vietnamese living and working in Laos to aid both their homeland and affected areas in Laos.

As of the evening of September 10, the pagoda had received hundreds of millions of Vietnam Dong from donors. The pagoda's charity board plans to deliver the donations to aid coordinating agencies in both Vietnam and Laos.

Additionally, Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam's Viettel Global JSC and Lao Asia Telecom, contributed LAK500 million (nearly US$23,000) to the Lao Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare to support flood-hit provinces in Laos.

Vietnamese in Japan donate to support flood victims

Vietnamese people in Saitama support flood-hit areas.

Responding to the call to support countrymen affected by storm Yagi by the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnamese Embassy, ​​the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Japan and groups of Vietnamese in Japan have launched a campaign to call for urgent donations.

Immediately after the call was issued, on September 10, Nguyen Dinh Thuong, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in Saitama (Japan) launched an emergency relief package for people in flood-hit localities, worth 200,000,000 VND. The first emergency relief package including food, hygiene and medical supplies was transferred to Thai Nguyen and Yen Bai. It is expected that the second package will depart on September 11.

On September 10, the Vietnam-Japan Economic Cooperation Promotion Association, the Vietnamese Women's Association in Kansai, and the Cay Tre Vietnamese Language School in Japan donated 50 million VND and a ton of rice to assist those impacted by the storm, channeling their support through the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. This contribution is among the initial efforts by the overseas Vietnamese community, coordinated by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, to help their fellow countrymen deal with the aftermath of storm Yagi.

Wholehearted acts from overseas individuals

The Vietnamese Association in Gwangju-Chonnam, South Korea calls for support for flood victims in their homeland.

In Spain, Tran Thi Thu Thuy, originally from Yen Bai, keeps a vigilant eye on the storm and flood conditions. Together with her friends, she has initiated a fundraising campaign to gather funds and supplies to aid those in the regions impacted by the floods.

In Gwangju-Chonnam, South Korea, Nguyen Viet Phong, a Vietnamese expatriate from Hanoi, diligently kept up with the storm and flood updates via the media. Together with the Executive Committee of the Vietnamese Association in Gwangju-Chonnam, he swiftly initiated a fundraising campaign to aid those in the flood-stricken regions. The donations, modest as they were, represented the solidarity and concern of the Vietnamese diaspora, aiming to alleviate some of the hardships faced by their fellow countrymen.

The Vietnamese Student Association in Korea (VSAK) has also launched a campaign to call for donations to support people affected by the damage.

In New Zealand, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, an overseas Vietnamese from Hai Duong, has called on international friends to donate through the website "Give a little". Huong said that even small donations will help ease the burden of people in flooded areas. Huong has gathered a group of volunteers ready to go to the flooded areas to distribute necessities, life jackets, swimming boats, and warm clothes.

Doan Ba ​​Toai, a graduate student at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China, spent his own money to buy 600 life jackets from Guangzhou to send to the flood area. He also called on Vietnamese students in China to donate more food to help isolated people.

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