Taking place from September 12, the National Boxing Championship of 2024 has spent 7 days of attractive competition. The organizers recorded nearly 300 matches, with 335 fighters competing in 54 weight classes. Besides the competition, the tournament also recorded many meaningful social activities.
On the last day of competition, the Organizing Committee mobilized individuals and organizations to donate to support the people in the Northern region affected by Storm Yagi. Within a few hours of mobilization, the tournament has donated VND 63,919 million from the organizers, coaches, athletes, referees and fans.
According to the announcement from the Organizing Committee of the National Boxing Championship 2024, all the money was transferred to the Fatherland Front Committee of Can Tho City. From there, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee will receive and use to support the people in the Northern region affected by natural disasters.
According to preliminary statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Storm Yagi caused economic losses of more than US $ 2 billion, equivalent to nearly 50,000 billion VND. It is expected that the official number of damage caused by storm will be at 2.5 billion USD. This is the level of damage caused by natural disasters 3 years ago.
Besides economic damage, storm Yagi also caused great damage to people. As of September 18, Hurricane Yagi killed 299 people, 34 missing, 1932 injured and 235,000 houses were damaged. In many localities, Storm Yagi can pull back economic growth at 0.5%.