Paris, Dec. 2 -- The Vietnamese Embassy in France on December 1 held a fundraising ceremony in support of residents in central and Central Highlands provinces which have suffered severe losses from storms and prolonged flooding since early November. Addressing the ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador Dinh Toan Thang conveyed the November 13 call from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee urging the Vietnamese community at home and abroad to uphold the nation's tradition of solidarity and mutual support. He noted that the successive storms and floods have inflicted heavy damage on central and Central Highlands localities at a time when the country is striving to recover and sustain socio-economic development, placing additional burdens...