The Vietnamese community and French friends actively support people affected by storms and floods.

NDO - On September 18, the Vietnamese Embassy in France held a direct and online meeting with representatives of Vietnamese associations in Paris and many areas in France to share information about the huge losses of life and property caused by Typhoon Yagi, and at the same time called on the Vietnamese community and French friends to join hands to support compatriots in the country.

Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang hopes that associations and Vietnamese communities in France will actively organize fundraising and volunteer activities to help people affected by storms and floods. (Photo: KHAI HOAN)

The fundraising activity in France was organized in response to the call of General Secretary and President To Lam and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, promoting the spirit of solidarity and compatriots' affection to help people in damaged areas to soon stabilize their lives. At the meeting, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang said that the damage caused by storm No. 3 (Yagi) to many northern provinces and cities was preliminarily estimated at more than 50 trillion VND. Vietnam is the country most severely affected because it is located on the path that storm Yagi swept through. Currently, the work of overcoming and resolving the consequences of storms and floods, helping people stabilize their lives, taking care of their health and restoring their daily activities and production in affected areas, etc. are being urgently and widely deployed. The Vietnamese Government also pays close attention to the restoration of transportation, production and business, the renovation of educational and medical facilities, as well as the development of long-term support policies and mechanisms for individuals, groups and businesses in disaster-hit areas.

Direct and online working sessions with representatives of Vietnamese associations in France at many locations. (Photo: MINH DUY)

Sharing with Nhan Dan Newspaper reporters based in France, Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang said that as soon as they received information about the heavy human and material losses caused by storm No. 3 in many provinces and cities in Northern Vietnam, French and international friends sent their condolences and expressed their solidarity, pledging to stand side by side with the Vietnamese people during this difficult period. The Ambassador also added that French President Emmanuel Macron sent a telegram to the leaders of the Party, State and people of Vietnam, affirming that he would share with Vietnam with specific support plans in the coming time. Along with that, many parliamentarians and political parties in France also sent their condolences to the people in localities affected by storms and floods. On this occasion, Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang announced that recently, overseas Vietnamese and officials and staff of Vietnamese representative agencies in France, along with many associations and French friends, have made material contributions with a total value of nearly 2 billion VND. This timely support is transferred to Vietnam in many different forms.

Ms. Vanna Siriphanthong, President of the Vietnamese Workers' Association in France, shares about activities to help people affected by storms and floods. (Photo: MINH DUY)

Mr. Jerome Tham, representative of the Association of Vietnamese People in France (UGVF), announced that 10,000 euros out of a total of 15,000 euros raised by the Vietnamese community after the UGVF's appeal on September 11, have been sent to the Vietnam Fatherland Front. The France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV) coordinated with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) and the People's Aid Coordination Committee (PACCOM) to join hands to share the difficulties and losses with the victims of storm No. 3. With the volunteer spirit of the youth, the Association of Vietnamese Youth and Students in France (UEVF) quickly organized activities to launch a donation movement, in addition to mobilizing a number of partners to send practical gifts to support people in the country affected by storms and floods. Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang affirmed that these noble gestures of the overseas Vietnamese community across France, friends and Vietnam-France friendship associations, officials and employees of Vietnamese representative agencies in France demonstrate the solidarity, unity and mutual love of the two sacred words "compatriots", and further deepen the friendship between the people of the two countries. More than ever, Vietnam's work to overcome the consequences of Typhoon Yagi is in great need of sharing from the international community, overseas Vietnamese and kind-hearted people. Previously, Vietnam's spirit of international solidarity was recognized by many countries when the epidemic broke out.

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