Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation Saturday paid a visit to Quang Binh, the hardest-hit province by flood.
Floods has claimed 42 lives, left 17 missing and injured 45 others. Losses are estimated at VND1.3 trillion (US$68.4 million).
PM Dung and the delegation visited Duy Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, one of localities suffering greatest losses in the historical floods.
Praising solidarity of people in the flood-hit areas, PM Dung asked the provincial Party Committee and local authorities to coordinate with relevant agencies to seek for missing people and assist families with dead and injured persons, as well as control epidemics and surmount damaged infrastructure, especially houses.
He also asked the provincial officials to mobilised forces, especially the medical sector to focus on environmental hygiene to prevent disease occurrence.
He required the province to promptly recover social welfare projects, particularly schools and medical stations for children to return school and provide medical checks-up to people.
The same day, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs informed that overseas Vietnamese has contributed over VND400 million ($21,000) to help flood victims in central provinces of Vietnam.
The donation was raised by the delegation of overseas Vietnamese, who are in Hanoi for the celebrations of the millennium birthday of the city.
Tran Duc Mau, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs said that the committee will channel the donation to the victims as soon as possible.
