PRESS RELEASE
JICA's Disaster Relief Program:
- Japan grants 20 million Japanese Yen worth of
emergency relief goods to the flood victims in
Mekong Delta -
Hà Nội, November 1st, 2011 - The Japanese Government, through the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has decided to grant emergency relief goods
worth 20 million Japanese Yen (approximately 253,000 US dollars in equivalent) to the
flood-stricken people in the Mekong Delta Region in Vietnam. The emergency relief
goods include plastic jerry cans, water tanks and power generators, which are in high
demand by the communities.
This emergency relief aims to help the people of the Mekong Delta to overcome the
aftermaths caused by recent floods, which claimed the lives of over 60 people and
forced more than 8,000 households to evacuate.
On 2 November 2011, representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam and JICA
Vietnam will handover the relief goods to the Fatherland Front Central Committee.
Picture: Mr. Hideo Suzuki, Minister of Embassy of Japan in Vietnam is giving a
document on grant aid to Ms. Ha Thi Lien, Vice chair of the Fatherland Front Central
Committee
*In October 2010, the Japanese Government also assisted flood-affected people in the
Central Region with emergency relief goods worth 20 million Yen.