ASEAN aid for storm victims

by VTV417 November 2017 Last updated at 13:57 PM

VTV.vn - An aid package from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for victims of deadly Storm Damrey arrived in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa.

A plane carried goods worth more than 174,000 USD, including utensils, personal hygiene items, house repair tools, an aluminium-clad ship and a 40 horse power engine to the affected region.

The deadliest storm to hit Vietnam this year left 91 dead and 23 missing in the central and south-central regions. It also destroyed thousands of houses and farm land.

The country has also received emergency aid from Russia, Japan, China, the United States, South Korea, and New Zealand.

It is the second time this year that ASEAN had supported disaster-hit regions in the country.

 

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