Hanoi (VNA), Jan. 26 -- The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam handed over 3,704 necessity kits for elderly people in three flood-hit central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Quang Ngai to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee on January 26.

UNFPA earlier has delivered aid to women and girls vulnerable to gender-based violence in flood-hit central provinces.

At the handover ceremony, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara said the elderly are the most vulnerable group in case natural disasters occur in residential areas, as public health programmes are disrupted.

She added that the cooperation between the UNFPA and the HCYU Central Committee takes root from an idea to connect young people with the el...