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Thu, 10/08/2009 - 13:03
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Use of International Assistance
New York (VNA) – Vietnam pledges the continued efficient use of
international assistance which is not only of an important material value but
also of a meaningful moral and spiritual support to the Vietnamese people at
this critical time after typhoon Ketsana, said the Vietnamese representative.
Ambassador Bui The Giang, Vietnam ’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN,
made the statement at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA)’s urgent meeting on natural calamity situation in the Asia-Pacific held
in New York on Oct. 6.
Ambassador Giang extended his deepest sympathy and condolences to Vietnam ’s
neighbours in the Asia Pacific over the losses natural calamities have inflicted
on them during these days.
He reported that typhoon Ketsana - the strongest storm hitting the nation for the
last 40 years since 1969, has killed 163 people, injured 629 others while leaving
a dozen missing in central Vietnam .
According to initial reports, the typhoon also destroyed more than half a million
houses, tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields, an important section of the
transport system as well as the irrigation and electric networks in the region.
The ambassador affirmed that apart from efforts to prevent possible losses before
the storm, most notably the evacuation of over 200,000 people from high-risk
areas, the Vietnamese Government has put in place a series of measures to counter
the storm impacts, including emergency care for families of the dead, medical
relief for the wounded, search for the missing, food, clean water and sanitation
for the affected, and rehabilitation of damaged facilities.
“In our efforts we have received timely and valuable assistance from many
countries and organizations,” the Vietnamese representative said. He took the
occasion to express the sincere gratitude of the Vietnamese Government and people
to UN agencies, many governments and non-governmental organizations, saying that
their assistance has relieved significantly the Vietnamese people’s sufferings
and will contribute to an early recovery of the people.-Enditem
international assistance which is not only of an important material value but
also of a meaningful moral and spiritual support to the Vietnamese people at
this critical time after typhoon Ketsana, said the Vietnamese representative.
Ambassador Bui The Giang, Vietnam ’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN,
made the statement at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA)’s urgent meeting on natural calamity situation in the Asia-Pacific held
in New York on Oct. 6.
Ambassador Giang extended his deepest sympathy and condolences to Vietnam ’s
neighbours in the Asia Pacific over the losses natural calamities have inflicted
on them during these days.
He reported that typhoon Ketsana - the strongest storm hitting the nation for the
last 40 years since 1969, has killed 163 people, injured 629 others while leaving
a dozen missing in central Vietnam .
According to initial reports, the typhoon also destroyed more than half a million
houses, tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields, an important section of the
transport system as well as the irrigation and electric networks in the region.
The ambassador affirmed that apart from efforts to prevent possible losses before
the storm, most notably the evacuation of over 200,000 people from high-risk
areas, the Vietnamese Government has put in place a series of measures to counter
the storm impacts, including emergency care for families of the dead, medical
relief for the wounded, search for the missing, food, clean water and sanitation
for the affected, and rehabilitation of damaged facilities.
“In our efforts we have received timely and valuable assistance from many
countries and organizations,” the Vietnamese representative said. He took the
occasion to express the sincere gratitude of the Vietnamese Government and people
to UN agencies, many governments and non-governmental organizations, saying that
their assistance has relieved significantly the Vietnamese people’s sufferings
and will contribute to an early recovery of the people.-Enditem
