Support campaign for typhoon Yagi victims launched

UPDATE:
Dear VIS members, partners and friends,

On Monday 16 September
VIS Executive Committee used VIS’s official bank account to transfer £4000 (£3430 contributed by members + £570 rounded up by VIS) to the Vietnam Fatherland Front to support those affected by Typhoon No. 3.

We sincerely thank everyone for joining hands in accomplishing this meaningful act.

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Dear VIS members, partners and friends,

In recent days, Typhoon No. 3 (also known as Super Typhoon Yagi) has made landfall in the northern provinces of our country, causing severe damage. The typhoon, the strongest to hit Vietnam in decades, and the subsequent torrential rains, floods, landslides, and bridge collapse had left 146 people dead or missing as of 13:00 on September 10. In agriculture, nearly 150,000 hectares of rice paddies, mainly in Hai Duong, Bac Giang, and Haiphong, were submerged, while 27,000ha of crops and 11,000ha of fruit trees were damaged. Nearly 1,600 aquaculture cages were swept away, primarily in Quang Ninh. Additionally, flooding on the Red River in Phu Tho caused the collapse of Phong Chau Bridge. Tens of thousands of houses in Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, and Bac Giang were submerged by up to 1.5m of water, with over 48,000 houses damaged.

Houses are submerged in flood after typhoon Yagi hit Yen Bai province, northwestern Vietnam on Sunday, Sep. 8, 2024.

Thousands of people are in urgent need of assistance. In response to the call from the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS) is calling on VIS members, partners and friends to join hands and contribute from afar to support our fellow citizens in overcoming this hardship.

Individuals and organisations willing to provide support in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi are kindly requested to send donations to:

• Account name: Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK & IRELAND
• Account number: 71662762
• Sort-code: 30-98-97
• Bank name: Lloyds Bank
• Reference: VIS4VN – Your Name

All contributions via VIS should be made by 5:00 PM on September 13, 2024.

Please ensure that you include the reference “VIS4VN – Your Name” when making your transfer and send a screenshot of the transaction confirmation to our email info@vis-ukandireland.org  to the Secretary team so that we can track and update the donation records.

All funds raised will be transferred by the VIS Executive Board to the VFF Central Committee through the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK and Ireland.

We sincerely appreciate your support.