EU Gives €2 Million In Aid To Vietnam Flood Victim

EU provides €2 million in aid to Vietnam flood victims

The European Commission provides €2 million for humanitarian relief to up to 200,000 of the victims of recent floods in northern and central Vietnam. Food, safe drinking water, jerrycans, blankets, and seeds to replace lost crops are among the support provided with these funds by international non-governmental organizations and the Red Cross in the next 6 months.

The funds will be channeled through the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), under the responsibility of Commissioner Michel.

In addition, funds from the €2 million provided by the European Commission will allow , for the purchase of school uniforms and materials to help traumatized children find a sense of normality. The aid will be delivered to up to 200,000 people by international non-governmental organizations and the Red Cross family, long standing partners of ECHO with extensive experience in relief and recovery operations in the affected areas.

Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid said "Despite the extent of the disaster, the European Commission's continuous support to disaster preparedness measures at the level of the communities has made a visible difference. Once local relief capacities are overstretched it is our duty to provide urgently needed support to victims of natural disasters around the world."

Typhoon Lekima which hit 5 provinces on the night of 3rd October was followed by heavy rains causing extensive flooding in 27 provinces of Vietnam. Authorities managed to evacuate 400,000 people and thus limit the loss of lives to 88. Nevertheless for two million people these are the second severe floods since August, exhausting local resources available for emergency relief to those displaced.

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