Vietnam's Prime Minister Phan Van Khai decided on Thursday that Vietnam
will provide humanitarian aid for the four countries which were hardest hit by
the earthquake and tsunamis on Dec. 26.
Indonesia will be provided with 150,000 US dollars, and Thailand, India and
Sri Lanka will be granted 100,000 US dollars each, according to the report of
Vietnam News Agency.
The PM ordered the Ministry of Public Health to prepare health workers and
medicine and diarrhea vaccines to send to the calamity-stricken countries if
requested.
On the same day, the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central
Committee launched a campaign to raise money and goods forthe tsunami victims.
They appealed to people in the country and overseas Vietnamese for
contributions, adding that the government,together with other nations, has sent
aid workers and relief to disaster area.
Vietnam's President Tran Duc Luong also sent a message of condolence to
Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of
Myanmar, over the great loss to his country of lives and properties caused by
the Dec. 26 earthquake and tidal wave.
