November 23-26, Binh Duong Relief Team had visited and offered 802 gifts donated by officers, Party members, local people and enterprises of the province to ethnic communities of Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces. The delegation visited border region of Indochine crossroad at Dak Long in Dak Dlei District of Kon Tum Province to share up difficulties.

Representatives from Binh Duong Province hands gifts to affected people in Quang Ngai. Photo by K. Vinh Local people were delight to receive the delegation, who has passed through curving pass and rough roads, at Indochine crossroad bordering Vietnam to Laos and CambodiaMs. Y Tien, a local Gie Trieng people residing at Dak An village said: “The recent rains and typhoons have damaged our vegetable crops – our only earning. Now, the presents from you are sentimental for the efforts of getting through rough roads to get to us.Mrs. Y Thuy, Deputy Secretary of Dak Long Commune Party Committee informed that local people of Dak Long Commune suffered due to typhoon havoc to their crops and husbandry.November 15-20, heavy rains caused flooding to low areas of the commune, splitting up roads and preventing local traffic as well as disaster relief of Kon Tum Province.Now, as the relief team from Binh Duong Province came to the communities through hardship, local people are truly moved.“We thank you for timely support of Binh Duong Province. We are hopeful that more donation shall come to those remote borders,” said Mrs. Y Thuy.On the date of granting gifts to Gie Trieng people in Dak Long Commune, local people were moved despite humble support. For them, the lightest help shall mean a lot to overcome the situation.“In the recent rains and typhoon, 9 highland communes and border regions of Kon Tum have been isolated, including Dak Long Commune. Aside from timely support of Kon Tum Province, the help of Binh Duong Relief Team was one of the teams getting first to the communities to share up their difficulties. It was truly moved,” said Mrs. Y Phuong, Deputy Chair of Kon Tum Province Fatherland Front Committee.Reported by Ho Van – Translated by Vi Bao