According to the report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), storm No. 3 and its circulation have so far killed or left missing 353 people, injured about 1,900 people and caused severe psychological trauma to many people in the disaster area, especially children, the elderly and vulnerable groups.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Hoang Hiep said: As of September 16, 2024, in addition to the number of dead and missing people, storms and floods have caused over 190,358 hectares of rice to be flooded and damaged, concentrated in: Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Bac Giang, Thai Binh, Hanoi, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc 9,830...; over 48,727 hectares of crops to be flooded and damaged; over 31,745 hectares of fruit trees to be damaged; over 3,269 aquaculture cages to be damaged and swept away (mainly in Quang Ninh, Hai Duong); over 21,786 livestock and 2,621,106 poultry to die...
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai Binh - CEO of STP Group - shared: Storm No. 3 also caused damage to over 10 hectares of the group's aquaculture area, with initial damage of about 10 billion VND.
Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Ninh province, Phan Thanh Nghi, said that if the scale of farming is calculated, each household invests from 2-3 billion VND, with some households investing tens of billions of VND, then the people's losses are up to thousands of billions of VND.
Mr. Cao Tuong Huy - Chairman of Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee - said that up to now, production and business activities in Quang Ninh have been restored. The entire coal industry, industrial parks and economic zones have returned to normal operations. Notably, right after the storm passed, Mong Cai International Border Gate reopened customs clearance from September 9.
Quang Ninh leaders also made a number of proposals to the Government such as: Allowing additional subjects such as forestry and seafood production and processing enterprises to enjoy support policies according to Decree No. 02 of the Government; directing ministries and branches to study debt deferral and extension in the direction of application to the tourism, service, trade and industry sectors; directing commercial banks to have policies to reduce interest rates, policies for aquaculture households and forest planting households to borrow capital...
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has directed the Department of Fisheries to soon organize a conference on production recovery, especially in marine farming. At the same time, international organizations and enterprises should be mobilized to support breeds, food, equipment, etc. for enterprises and people affected by the storm.
"We are sure that Vietnamese enterprises will share with the localities that are suffering losses and we will soon recover seafood production," Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien affirmed.
