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Typhoon Ketsana Vietnam`s central and Central Highlands provinces
Hanoi (VNA) – By October 1, the death toll from typhoon Ketsana in
Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands provinces had risen to 92
people, with 19 people still missing and 199 injured.
Typhoon Ketsana, the ninth to hit Vietnam so far this year, extended its
destructive rampage throughout the central and Central Highlands regions as it
destroyed over 6,300 houses and damaged more than 340,000 others, causing the
occupants to evacuate or move onto the rooftops.
While there is a warning of the possible arrival of another typhoon, that has
reportedly already formed east of the Philippines, Ketsana had enough time to
obliterate more than 73,000 ha of rice fields and subsidiary crops, destroy 442
irrigation works, and strand traffic on the Ho Chi Minh trans-national highway and
trans-regional highways 49A, 46 and 14.
On the night of September 29, a strong flood swept away nine Vietnamese workers at
the construction site of the Secaman hydro-electric power plant 3 in Laos ’
Attapu province, which neighbours Vietnam ’s Central Highlands province of
Kon Tum .
By 9 a.m. on October 1, rescue services had still not reached the scene as the
flooding had already submerged the construction site, while the river beside the
site continued to swell.
The affected provinces have asked the Government to supply them with rice to feed
the local people. Nghe An asked for 24,000 tonnes, Quang Binh, 600 tonnes, Quang
Tri, 10,000 tonnes, Thua Thien-Hue, 500 tonnes, Quang Ngai 5,000 tonnes, Binh Dinh
2,000 tonnes and Kon Tum, 1,000 tonnes.
They also asked for the provision of rice and other seedlings to enable farmers to
start planting as soon as the storm has cleared, in addition to medicines, transport
and portable storm shelters.
The National Committee for Search and Rescue said it successfully saved the lives of
86 people cut off in the Dakbla bridge area in Kon Tum province and rescued 15
others in Quang Ngai province.
The rescue services have delivered 4,000 tonnes of relief aid to people living in
areas submerged and isolated by flooding in Kon Tum, Quang Nam and Ly Son island
in Quang Ngai province.
At the request of the Cambodian authorities, Gia Lai province sent its border guards
to rescue 300 Cambodians in neighbouring areas.
Late on September 29, Vietnam Airlines resumed its flights from Phu Bai and Da
Nang airports in the central region and will increase the number of flights to the
region on Oct. 1 to meet travel demands.
On Oct. 1 the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee launched a campaign to
raise funds for people in localities hit by typhoon Ketsana, with initial pledges
close to 5 billion VND on the day.
Of the sum, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group donated 3.5 billion VND, the Vietnam
Electricity Group, 500 million VND, and the Vietnam Tobacco Corporation and the
Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, 200 million VND
each.-Enditem
Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands provinces had risen to 92
people, with 19 people still missing and 199 injured.
Typhoon Ketsana, the ninth to hit Vietnam so far this year, extended its
destructive rampage throughout the central and Central Highlands regions as it
destroyed over 6,300 houses and damaged more than 340,000 others, causing the
occupants to evacuate or move onto the rooftops.
While there is a warning of the possible arrival of another typhoon, that has
reportedly already formed east of the Philippines, Ketsana had enough time to
obliterate more than 73,000 ha of rice fields and subsidiary crops, destroy 442
irrigation works, and strand traffic on the Ho Chi Minh trans-national highway and
trans-regional highways 49A, 46 and 14.
On the night of September 29, a strong flood swept away nine Vietnamese workers at
the construction site of the Secaman hydro-electric power plant 3 in Laos ’
Attapu province, which neighbours Vietnam ’s Central Highlands province of
Kon Tum .
By 9 a.m. on October 1, rescue services had still not reached the scene as the
flooding had already submerged the construction site, while the river beside the
site continued to swell.
The affected provinces have asked the Government to supply them with rice to feed
the local people. Nghe An asked for 24,000 tonnes, Quang Binh, 600 tonnes, Quang
Tri, 10,000 tonnes, Thua Thien-Hue, 500 tonnes, Quang Ngai 5,000 tonnes, Binh Dinh
2,000 tonnes and Kon Tum, 1,000 tonnes.
They also asked for the provision of rice and other seedlings to enable farmers to
start planting as soon as the storm has cleared, in addition to medicines, transport
and portable storm shelters.
The National Committee for Search and Rescue said it successfully saved the lives of
86 people cut off in the Dakbla bridge area in Kon Tum province and rescued 15
others in Quang Ngai province.
The rescue services have delivered 4,000 tonnes of relief aid to people living in
areas submerged and isolated by flooding in Kon Tum, Quang Nam and Ly Son island
in Quang Ngai province.
At the request of the Cambodian authorities, Gia Lai province sent its border guards
to rescue 300 Cambodians in neighbouring areas.
Late on September 29, Vietnam Airlines resumed its flights from Phu Bai and Da
Nang airports in the central region and will increase the number of flights to the
region on Oct. 1 to meet travel demands.
On Oct. 1 the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee launched a campaign to
raise funds for people in localities hit by typhoon Ketsana, with initial pledges
close to 5 billion VND on the day.
Of the sum, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group donated 3.5 billion VND, the Vietnam
Electricity Group, 500 million VND, and the Vietnam Tobacco Corporation and the
Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, 200 million VND
each.-Enditem
