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The launching ceremony was organized by the Presidium of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee. Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and President of the VFF Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai delivered the Appeal of the Presidium of the VFF Central Committee, calling for support for residents in the Central and Central Highlands provinces affected by storms and floods. She emphasized the severe devastation caused by heavy rains and flooding in these regions, especially in the provinces and cities of Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai, and Da Nang. To date, natural disasters have caused dozens of deaths and missing persons; over 52,000 homes have been heavily flooded, 167 houses damaged, more than 13,000 hectares of crops and over 2,000 hectares of perennial trees submerged; more than 30,000 cattle and poultry swept away by floods; many communes remain isolated; and transportation along the North-South route has been disrupted due to serious landslides in some areas.
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| Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and Chair of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai reads the Appeal calling for support for people in the Central and Central Highlands provinces affected by storms and floods. (Photo: Minh Duc) |
In response to the situation, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and General Secretary To Lam have urgently and promptly directed response measures; the Government and the Prime Minister have issued multiple urgent directives; local authorities and military and police forces have swiftly carried out rescue operations, prioritizing the safety of the people and ensuring they have food, drinking water, and clothing.
On behalf of the Presidium of the VFF Central Committee, Bui Thi Minh Hoai expressed sympathy and condolences to the families who lost loved ones, as well as to those whose homes, crops, and assets were destroyed by the floods. She expressed gratitude to the armed forces, rescue teams, and ordinary citizens who braved dangerous floodwaters to protect lives and property.
According to Bui Thi Minh Hoai, the traditions of “Loving others as oneself” and “Mutual affection, mutual support” in difficult times are precious values of the Vietnamese people, which the Viet Nam Fatherland Front has upheld, preserved, and spread across generations. She emphasized that people in the Central and Central Highlands regions urgently need the compassion and timely encouragement of people across the country and overseas Vietnamese.
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| Member of the Party Central Committee and Vice President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee Ha Thi Nga receives donations from the Party Committee, authorities, and people of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: Minh Duc) |
“With the responsibility, sentiment, and sacred duty of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front in uniting the strength of the great national solidarity bloc, today, the VFF Central Committee continues to launch a campaign calling on all people to support residents in the Central and Central Highlands regions in overcoming the consequences of floods. We earnestly call on member organizations of the Front from central to grassroots levels; state agencies, businesses, officials, civil servants, and workers; entrepreneurs, artists, intellectuals, overseas Vietnamese; and especially every Vietnamese citizen across the country to uphold the tradition of compassion, share and support flood-affected residents in overcoming this difficult period. Your support will help them have more resources to remedy the damage, stabilize their lives, restore production, and return to normalcy,” Bui Thi Minh Hoai said.
She affirmed that every contribution - whether large or small - helps strengthen the confidence, motivation, and conditions for affected residents to recover after the floods. The Presidium of the VFF Central Committee pledged that all contributions received will be allocated promptly, to the right beneficiaries, transparently, and publicly, ensuring they reach the people quickly and effectively.
At the launching ceremony, many agencies, organizations, and units joined hands to support flood-affected residents with contributions totaling more than 112 billion VND. Among them, the Party Committee, authorities, and people of Ho Chi Minh City donated 40 billion VND; Viet Nam Maritime Corporation donated 12 billion VND; Ha Noi donated 10 billion VND; the Ministry of Public Security donated 10 billion VND; the Ministry of National Defence donated 10 billion VND; and the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour donated 4 billion VND.
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| Information on receiving support for people affected by natural disasters. (Photo: Viet Nam Fatherland Front) |
