“Based on the traditional friendship, solidarity, and mutual support between Vietnam and Nepal, the Party, State, and people of Vietnam have decided to extend $300,000 in emergency humanitarian aid to support the government and people of Nepal in recovering from the disaster,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated today.
Earlier, on August 27, Vietnamese leaders sent messages of sympathy and condolences to Chinese and Nepalese leaders after a severe flash flood swept across the Tibet–Nepal border region on the morning of August 26.
The deluge began when a massive ice block broke loose from Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal along the border with Tibet. The torrent swept away everything in its path, carving deep trails of mud across downstream areas in Nepal.
Collapsed homes lie abandoned along the banks of the Trishuli River in Nuwakot District, Nepal, on September 4, more than a week after the disaster. Photo: AFP
The disaster killed more than 1,300 people and left over 5,600 missing across both countries, with Nepal suffering the vast majority of casualties.
Dharma Raj Upreti, Director of Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, said today that the government faces a massive reconstruction challenge. Authorities must rebuild approximately 20,000 homes across the flood-ravaged regions.
During the first four months of the recovery phase, the Nepalese government will need to mobilize around $52.6 million to rebuild roads, erect temporary shelters, provide clean drinking water, and restore the power grid.
The United Nations also launched an appeal today for $50 million in emergency aid to assist over 84,000 disaster-affected people across Nepal.
(Source: VnExpress)
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