U.S., U.K. NGOs Support for Vietnam Ketsana Victims

Two non-governmental organizations of the U.S. World Vision and the U.K. Save the Children, provided money and relief goods worth VND1 billion ($56,000) for typhoon Ketsana victims in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri yesterday, Oct. 28.  The World Vision granted 41 tons of rice, 43 tons of rice seed and 1,418 roofing sheets costing VND772 million to residents in the province’s Hai Lang District’s five hardest-hit communes. Meanwhile, the Save the Children donated VND233 million for 250 households in Hai Vinh commune to help tem restore production and normalize their lives, the Vietnam News Agency said Wednesday. Ketsana, the ninth typhoon in Vietnam so far, killed 202 people with damages estimated at VND16 trillion ($895.9 million).