Vietnam/Flood Resistant Housing: UNDP and WorldShare help Quang Binh

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and WorldShare have just signed a cooperation agreement to support the construction of 73 flood-resistant houses for poor households affected by storms in Quang Binh province, Central China.

This is the second phase of support for disadvantaged households whose houses were severely damaged in the historic 2020 typhoon.

In the first phase, 39 safe houses were handed over to families in the coastal areas of Thuy district in December 2021.

UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen pledged to work closely with the local people and authorities to complete the construction of 73 houses before the rainy season in June.

According to the director of the provincial Planning and Investment Department Phan Phong Phu, two historic floods in 2020 in Quang Binh left thousands of houses, schools and traffic structures under water, causing more than 3,512 billion VND (152.1 million USD) in losses.

Source: lecourrier.vn