Inspecting flood prevention and control work in Nam Dinh province, Deputy Prime Minister listened to a quick report on the damage and implementation of flood prevention and response work due to the impact of storm No. 3.
Accordingly, Nam Dinh province has closely followed and strictly implemented the Prime Minister's telegrams; directives and instructions of central ministries and branches and issued 5 telegrams and 5 documents directing localities, urgently implementing measures to overcome the consequences of storm No. 3 and prevent and combat the consequences of floods after the storm.
All 9 districts and cities in Nam Dinh have established forward command posts on the dike routes to directly direct the strict, continuous patrol and guarding of the dikes day and night.
So far, Nam Dinh province has not suffered any human losses. By 5 p.m. on September 11, the whole province had flooded about 33,000 hectares of rice; the roofs of 2 cultural houses were blown off; thousands of shade trees, 48 low-voltage power poles, 1 medium-voltage power pole were knocked down... A number of dike works to prevent natural disasters were eroded, sunk, and leaked. The districts of Phuong Dinh (Truc Ninh district), Yen Bang, Yen Tri (Y Yen district), Hong Ha, Hong Long, Van Diep (Nam Dinh city), Thang Thinh, Dai An, An Tuy (Nam Truc district), Dong Go (Hai Hau district), Hoang Nam, Quan Lieu (Nghia Hung district) were flooded and some sections were damaged.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha acknowledged and highly appreciated the proactive and decisive spirit of the entire political system and people of Nam Dinh in preventing and combating floods and landslides. At the same time, he emphasized that due to the suspension of discharge, Nam Dinh is assured, overcoming difficulties, focusing on directing and speeding up the work of flood control, overcoming and repairing damaged and damaged infrastructure works; continuing to closely inspect and monitor the situation of dikes; focusing on effectively implementing the work of supporting the people. Focusing on equipping necessary equipment to handle environmental sanitation and prevent and combat epidemics after natural disasters, especially in flooded areas.
Next, the Deputy Prime Minister visited, encouraged and gave gifts to students and people who had to evacuate to avoid the flood.
