21/12/13

Thailand Is One of the Largest Contributors in ASEAN to Typhoon Haiyan-Affected People in the Philippines

SIAMVIET: Thái Lan là một trong số các nhà cứu trợ lớn nhất nhóm các nước ĐNA đợt giúp đỡ Phillippines khắc phục hậu quả siêu bão Hải Yến vừa qua. Theo Bộ Ngoại giao Thái Lan, tổng giá trị cứu trợ của Thái Lan là 254,3 triệu baht, trong đó 88,8 triệu baht bằng hiện vật, 165,35 triệu baht bằng tiền mặt.
Thailand Is One of the Largest Contributors in ASEAN to Typhoon Haiyan-Affected People in the Philippines

Thailand has been one of the largest contributors from the ASEAN group to the people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
A report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Thailand’s total contributions amounted to 254.3 million baht (comprising 88.8 million baht of in-kind donations and 165.35 million baht worth of cash donations).
On 17 December 2013, the Deputy Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr. Narong Sasitorn, chaired a meeting of the Committee on Disaster Relief Assistance to the Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan to evaluate and assess Thailand’s further contributions to the affected people.
Thailand has made initial contributions which included an airlift shipment of thousands of ready-to-use aid packages donated by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and the Friends in Need (of “Pa”) Volunteers Foundation. 
The Committee considered Thailand’s ensuing disaster relief contributions which includes 5000 tons of rice (under the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve scheme), and financial donations from the Thai public, including the private sector, up to the amount of 53.6 million baht (1.78 million US dollars) which will be handed over to the Government of the Philippines by the Royal Thai Embassy in Manila. 
In addition, the Committee also agreed to successively transport 131 tons of relief supplies donated by the Thai Royal Family.
The Government of the Philippines has estimated that the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan will require 26 billon US dollars in reconstruction costs. 

(thailand.prd.go.th)