Late on October 14, at Noi Bai International Airport in the capital city of Hanoi, the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment received an emergency relief shipment from the Australian Government for people impacted by natural disasters in Bac Ninh Province.
The shipment, handed over by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, includes 320 kitchen kits, 756 hygiene kits, 756 home-repair kits and 300 blankets.
At the handover ceremony, Ms. Renee Jean Deschamps, Deputy Ambassador of Australia to Vietnam, symbolically presented the aid items to Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Deputy Director General of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, and Ms. Thai Hai Anh, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Bac Ninh Province.
A representative of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said the entire shipment would be transported to Bac Ninh Province on October 15 for timely distribution to affected people.
Earlier, on October 13, the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control had also received an emergency international relief shipment from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to support Bac Ninh Province residents in overcoming the aftermath of the disaster.
