Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 123/CD-TTg dated July 27, 2025 of the Prime Minister on focusing on overcoming the consequences of flash floods and landslides in Son La province and proactively responding to floods in the coming time.
The dispatch clearly stated that according to the summary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (from the report of the People's Committee of Son La), on the night of July 26 and early morning of July 27, in the communes of Song Ma, Sop Cop, Huoi Mot, Chieng So, heavy rain occurred, causing flash floods and landslides, killing at least 2 people and leaving 4 people missing.
The People's Committee of Son La province and local authorities have urgently deployed search and rescue work and remedied the consequences.
The Prime Minister sent his condolences to the families of those who died or went missing, and shared the difficulties and losses of the people in the disaster-affected areas.
To focus on quickly overcoming the consequences of flash floods and landslides, the Prime Minister requested the Chairman of the People's Committee of Son La province to directly direct and mobilize forces to focus on searching for missing people ( paying special attention to ensuring absolute safety for forces participating in search and rescue); treating the injured.
Organize visits, encourage and support families of deceased and missing people according to regulations; support families in caring for the deceased according to local customs.
Mobilize forces, materials, and means to quickly repair landslides on roads, ensure traffic safety; By all means, access areas affected by flash floods and landslides must be provided, promptly support people, and resolutely prevent people from going hungry.
The Chairman of the People's Committees of the mountainous and midland provinces of the North and North Central regions, especially the provinces of Son La, Lao Cai, Lang Son, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, ... directs commune-level authorities, forces of natural disaster prevention and control at the grassroots level and competent agencies to proactively review, inspect, and detect areas at risk of landslides and flash floods early to proactively evacuate and relocate, ensuring the safety of people's lives, especially when heavy rain occurs.
The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security directed the military and police forces stationed in the area to proactively coordinate with local forces of Son La province to continue to focus on searching for missing people, supporting the people to quickly overcome the consequences of flash floods and landslides.
At the same time, it is directed to mobilize necessary means and equipment (including unmanned aerial vehicles) to support localities in reviewing and early detection of areas at risk of flash floods, landslides, and landslides to promptly warn and evacuate people.
The Prime Minister assigned the Minister of Agriculture and Environment to organize monitoring, forecasting, and timely information on weather and natural disasters, especially heavy rain, the risk of flash floods, landslides, so that local authorities, authorities, and people can proactively prevent and avoid them.
At the same time, continue to direct localities to review, update plans and proactively deploy natural disaster prevention and control work in accordance with the actual situation in the locality, promptly detect areas at risk of landslides and flash floods to proactively evacuate and relocate, ensuring the safety of people's lives.
The Ministers of the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, Construction, Industry and Trade, Science and Technology, Health, Education and Training, according to their assigned functions and tasks, proactively direct and urge the implementation of natural disaster prevention and control work in the management field, promptly restore infrastructure works damaged by natural disasters, especially works to ensure traffic, electricity, water, telecommunications, healthcare, and education.
