Politics of Relief Funds for Vietnam’s Flood Victims
The month of October 2016 unleashed torrential flood waters in the central region of Vietnam. Tens of thousands of homes are underwater, and rescue efforts were launched to rescue villagers stranded on rooftops. Relief efforts have been slow as they were complicated by the politics of allocating charity funds. Countless Vietnamese Americans organizations are hosting fundraisers to help the cause. In the Trung Thon village, reports of relief funds distributed by a local chari