Vietnam has decided to offer emergency aid worth 100,000 U.S. dollars to the victims of typhoon "Haiyan" in the Philippines and will continue to consider practical support measures within its capacity.
"Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday extended their sympathy to Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III over the heavy human losses and property damages caused by super typhoon 'Haiyan,'" reported the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) on Sunday.
The report added that "the Vietnamese leaders expressed their hope that the government and people of the Philippines would quickly overcome the consequences of the typhoon and stabilize people's lives."
On the same day, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also extended sympathy to his Philippine counterpart Albert F. Del Rosario.
The deadly typhoon slammed into central Philippines last Friday, with the winds velocity reaching 320 kilometers per hour. Nearly 800,000 Filipinos had to evacuate to safe places and around 4 million people have been affected.
