Korean Rich Ocean 9 carrying 5,300 tons of rice in aid from Korea to help Vietnam to recover from the recent natural disaster docked at Cam Ranh Port...
Korean Vessel Rich Ocean 9 carrying 5,300 tons of rice in aid from Korea to help Vietnam to recover from the recent natural disaster docked at Cam Ranh Port, Khanh Hoa Province on March 3. The 6 typhoon-hit provinces included Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dak Lak.
According to Deputy Chief of the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention & Control Vu Xuan Thanh, in 2017, Vietnam suffered from severe loss and damages caused by natural disasters, which left about 380 people dead and missing and the damages estimated at some VND60,000 billion.
 Korean Vessel Rich Ocean 9 docks at Cam Ranh Port.
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Korea, via the ASEAN 3 Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR), donated 10,000 tons of rice to Vietnam. The assistance is scheduled to be delivered to Vietnam in two shipments. The first one came on March 3 with 5,300 tons to help the 6 provinces. The hardest-hit Khanh Hoa received 2,000 tons. The second shipment of rice will arrive at Da Nang Port in Da Nang City on March 17. The aid will be sent to victims in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Quang Tri.
On the behalf of the beneficiary provinces, Dao Cong Thien, Vice-Chairman of Khanh Hoa People’s Committee thanked Korea Government for the aid and pledged to dispatch the rice to people in need as soon as possible.
Thanh Long
Translated by N.T
