Poor People to Be Given Storm-Resistant Houses

A total of 150 storm-resistant houses have been handed over to 150 poor households in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai whose houses were destroyed by Ketsana storm in 2009. The Vice President of the Quang Ngai Red Cross, Le Thi Thu, said the houses, designed by the French organization Development Workshop France (DWF), were built in Binh Son, Mo Duc and Tu Nghia districts at a total cost of VND4.5 billion. Construction was funded by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies through the Vietnam Red Cross, and the Quang Ngai Red Cross also contributed VND30 million. Up to now, 650 houses have been built in seven cities and provinces at a total cost of VND19.5 billion. (vovnews.vn Oct 21)