Vietnam Floods - IFRC Appeal 2008

Torrential and persistent rainfall over six days caused widespread flooding in various parts of Vietnam with up to 600 000 people estimated to have been seriously affected. The flood situation in the country is acute and the urgency for disaster response continues to escalate. Many of those affected are still recovering from other recent disasters including Typhoons Lekima (August 2007) Kammuri (August 2008) and Hagupit (September 2008). The IFRC issued an Emergency Appeal to provide relief to 293 860 beneficiaries over a period of 10 months. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) focuses its response on the provision of food and non-food items the improvement of water and sanitation facilities for evacuated and returning families and targeted health education and immediate psychosocial support to the affected.