HA NOI — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a decision on Friday entrusting the Finance Ministry to extract VND335 billion (US$17.1) from the State budget and 8,600 tonnes of rice from national reserves to support provinces stricken by natural disasters.
The beneficiary provinces include: Quang Tri; Thua Thien-Hue; Quang Nam; Quang Ngai; Binh Dinh; Phu Yen; Khanh Hoa; Ninh Thuan; Binh Thuan; Dak Lak; and Thai Nguyen.
The PM also asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to continue to maintain a close watch on the scarcity of food and hunger in flood-hit provinces and to keep him informed.
Provincial People's Committees Chairmen will be responsible for effectively managing and using the allocated cash and rice, and are expected to mobilise their local budgets and other legal financial resources to surmount the consequences of natural disasters, according to the decision.
Dung also signed a decision on Friday to provide lifeboats, chemicals and vaccines for Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien-Hue, and Quang Ngai provinces. — VNS
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