Over 110,700 tonnes of rice from reserve allocated to localities Over 110,700 tonnes of rice worth more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$43.3 million) from the national reserve have been allocated to localities to support people after natural disasters, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival and in forest plantation projects, and students living in especially disadvantaged areas, since the beginning of this year.

PM approves rice aid for flood-hit residents Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has announced 2,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as food aid for residents in the central provinces of Quảng Bình and Hà Tĩnh who suffered serious flooding.

Rice aid supplied for 21,000 Thanh Hoá students

Thanh Hoá Province People’s Committee plans to give 21,000 students some 1,500 tonnes of rice during the first semester of the 2018-19 academic year.

Poor to get over 5,500 tonnes of rice

The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to allocate 5,504 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to people in seven central and Central Highlands provinces.

Rice aid, presents for the needy before Tết

So far, nine provinces have received rice aid under a government programme to give nearly 5,200 tonnes of free rice to needy households as the Lunar New Year (Tết) draws near, said officials at the General Department of State Reserves.

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Gov't to ensure a happy Tet for poor The Party and State will do their best to ensure a sufficient Tet for every Vietnamese person, especially poor people and those who have rendered great service to the nation, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen.

Central province receives rice aid Two thousand tonnes of rice were delivered to the residents of central Ninh Thuan Province as part of a Government relief for the province affected by a prolonged drought this year.

Drought forces provinces to halt crop cultivation The agricultural and rural development departments in three south-central provinces said they were not planning to plant the summer-autumn rice and several other crops due to prolonged drought.

Quang Binh gets more rice aid The central Quang Binh province is working hard to distribute 1,200 tonnes of emergency rice, provided by the government, to help stave off hunger in the fallow season.