The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee on October 26 launched a text message campaign to call for public support for flood victims in the central region.
Supporters can join the programme by texting “UH” to 1403. Each text message will contribute 20,000 VND (0.86 USD) to the fund (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) CentralCommittee on October 26 launched a text message campaign to call for publicsupport for flood victims in the central region.
The campaign, in collaboration with the National Humanitarian Portal 1400, willrun until the end of December 21.
Supporters can join the programme by texting “UH” to 1403. Each text messagewill contribute 20,000 VND (0.86 USD) to the fund.
The same day, the VRCS received about 3 billion VND worth of donations fromMedlatec Group, the VRCS chapter in Ha Nam province and the Garment 10Corporation, among others.
As severe floods triggered by widespread heavy rains have affected the life ofmillions of residents in the central region in the recent two weeks, the VRCSCentral Committee has provided emergency relief worth nearly 5 billion VND to thefive provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam,and sent delegations to support residents in hardest-hit localities.
Earlier on October 13, the VRCS Central Committee called on all of its chaptersto join a fundraising campaign which takes place until December 12 in a bid tosupport flood victims in the central region.
More than 62 billion VND has been raised so far./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 24 underlined the urgent need to ensure normal lives and livelihoods for people in flood-hit areas in the central region, and to help them soon stabilise their lives.
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Some 150,000 flood survivors in central Vietnam will be in urgent need of food aid over the next five to six months, while 110,000 vulnerable people will require support to recover their livelihoods and agricultural production, the Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership (DRRP) reported at a meeting in Hanoi on October 26.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on October 26 received representatives from UN agencies and international organisations that have supported flood victims in the central region.
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Supporters can join the programme by texting “UH” to 1403. Each text message will contribute 20,000 VND (0.86 USD) to the fund (Photo: VNA) 
