Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 202/CD-TTg dated October 22, 2025, requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on preventing, avoiding and responding to floods, inundation, flash floods, and landslides in the Central Central region.
According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting: Tonight and tomorrow, the storm will directly affect the coast and mainland of the provinces from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai.
Due to the influence of storm circulation and cold air, combined with some other weather conditions, from tonight (October 22) to October 27, the Central Central region is likely to experience widespread heavy rain, lasting for many days, locally very heavy rain over 800mm.
Heavy rain, high tides, rising water levels, high risk of serious flooding in urban areas and low-lying areas, flash floods, landslides in mountainous areas; major floods on rivers from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai.
The Prime Minister requested the Ministers of the Ministries of National Defense, Public Security, Agriculture and Environment, Construction, Industry and Trade and relevant ministries and branches; Secretaries and Chairmen of the People's Committees of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, and Quang Ngai provinces and cities to postpone meetings that were not urgent and unnecessary to focus on leading and directing the drastic implementation of storm No. 12 prevention and response work and the risk of major floods, inundation, flash floods, and landslides according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 200/CD-TTg dated October 20, 2025 and the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting on October 22, 2025.
The Secretaries and Chairmen of the People's Committees of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, and Quang Ngai provinces and cities directed: Continue to deploy the work of ensuring safety for ships and vehicles operating at sea, avoiding damage to people and property due to negligence and subjectivity in the direction of the government and the response of the People.
Continue to review and identify areas at risk of deep flooding, flash floods, and landslides to proactively evacuate, ensure the safety of people's lives, and at the same time guide and support people to move or implement measures to protect property and limit damage.
Propaganda, mobilization, and guidance for households in areas at risk of flooding, isolation, and proactive isolation to reserve food, provisions, and necessities to prevent heavy rain and landslides that cause isolation and isolation for many days.
At the same time, the Prime Minister requested that there should be proactive plans to support food, foodstuffs, and necessities for poor households, disadvantaged groups, vulnerable groups, and people at evacuation sites; arrange forces to control and maintain order, protect property so that people can evacuate with peace of mind.
Proactively operate buffer water drainage, unblock drainage systems, prevent urban flooding; operate and regulate hydroelectric and irrigation reservoirs ready to reserve capacity for flood prevention, control, reduce floods, limit flooding downstream.
Immediately deploy forces, vehicles, materials, food, and necessities in key areas, especially those at risk of cutting and isolating during heavy rain and landslides, promptly respond to and handle arising incidents according to the "four on-site motto".
Based on specific situations, proactively decide to let students stay home from school during floods to ensure safety; arrange forces to control, support, and guide traffic in deeply flooded areas, resolutely not allowing people to pass through if safety is not guaranteed.
