UK sends humanitarian aid worth over €1m to Vietnam in response to Typhoon Yagi

September 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The UK government announced on Saturday that it will provide £1 million (more than 1 million euros) to bring humanitarian aid to Vietnam, where the “devastating” Typhoon Yagi has already left more than 230 dead and 130,000 displaced.

The aid plan has been “closely coordinated with the Vietnamese government and humanitarian partners” in order to “identify where British support can have the greatest impact,” explained the country’s Minister for Development, Anneliese Dodds.

British authorities plan to “provide emergency supplies, cash assistance and critical services, such as health, water and sanitation to those affected.”

The government said in a statement that this allocation will be given in the first instance to humanitarian partners, who will be responsible for delivering it directly to “those most in need.”

London thus joins Washington, which announced the day before that it was sending humanitarian aid to Vietnam in response to the “devastating consequences” of Typhoon Yagi’s passage through the country.

This Saturday, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, offered his condolences to “those who have lost their loved ones in the typhoon” and assured that “the EU and its Member States are coordinating response efforts and are in close communication with the Vietnamese authorities to assess the needs and provide specific and effective assistance as soon as possible.”

Vietnamese authorities on Friday raised the death toll from Typhoon Yagi to 233, leaving 283 injured and forcing 130,246 people to flee their homes, particularly in the north of the country.

Yagi, considered the strongest storm recorded off the eastern coast of the Asian country in three decades, has also left hundreds missing.

Some 136,000 homes have been completely submerged, while some 1.5 million livestock have died, according to the Disaster Management Authority. Heavy rains are estimated to have damaged more than 202,000 hectares of rice crops and nearly 16,000 fruit trees.