Prague, Oct. 23 -- The Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic have raised over 5 billion VND (190,000 USD) to support people affected by recent storms in response to the appeals from the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Union of Vietnamese Associations there launched a donation drive from October 3 to 22. In the second phase, the community donated 3.9 billion VND to help residents in the homeland recover from the damage of Storms Bualoi and Matmo. A symbolic handover ceremony took place on October 22 at the headquarters of the Union of Vietnamese Associations, with the attendance of Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech R...