Chinese enterprises in Myanmar have joined the country's relief efforts in flood-hit areas, while relief aid from the Chinese embassy and companies are being transported in, Chinese ambassador Hong Liang has told Xinhua following his tour in the worst-hit Sagaing region and Rakhine state.
Two IL-76 air transport aircraft loaded with relief goods set out for Kuala Lumpur Monday morning, according to China's Ministry of National Defense.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday visited landslide-affected residents in a central area where rescuers are working hard to search for nearly 200 people who are still estimated to be missing.
The Nepal government has said that the number of toll from flood and landslide had reached 105, while 20,000 people were displaced across the country.
Moldy bread that was sent to typhoon-hit villagers in Hainan has been sealed and sent away for analysis, authorities told a press conference on Monday.
Chinese officials in poverty-stricken counties can stop worrying too much about regional GDP figures from now on, as the central authorities have moved to make poverty relief the priority for their work.
The Hong Kong government Thursday approved three grants totaling 4.918 million HK dollars ( about 634,580 U.S. dollars) to three relief agencies for providing relief to typhoon victims in the Philippines.
The Hong Kong government has approved two grants from the Disaster Relief Fund totaling 5.48 million HK dollars (706,549 U.S. dollars) to two relief agencies to undertake relief projects for victims of drought and flooding on the Chinese mainland, a government spokesman said Friday.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been engaged in relief efforts in northeast China as the worst flooding in decades has killed at least 40 people since Friday.
Pakistani army said Wednesday that rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-hit areas of southwestern Balochistan province are in progress.
The Chinese government sent humanitarian relief materials to hurricane-hit Cuba on Tuesday.The relief materials weigh a total of 90 tonnes and include 900 tents, 10,000 blankets, 30 sets of water purification equipment, 100 electricity generators and medicines.
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