Faced with the situation of prolonged heavy rains causing landslides and localized flooding in the Central region, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 120/CD-TTg dated November 25, 2024 requesting ministries, branches and localities to proactively respond and quickly overcome the consequences of floods in the Central region.
The dispatch stated that in recent days, in the Central region, especially in the provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh, there has been prolonged heavy rain, causing landslides, localized flooding, traffic disruption, and some low-lying residential areas, along rivers and streams, have been isolated due to deep flooding, affecting production, life and activities of the people.
According to forecasts, in the next 2-3 days, due to the influence of cold air, there may be strong winds at sea, risk of heavy rain, flooding, landslides, and flash floods in the Central region.
To proactively respond to floods and ensure the safety of people's lives and property and the State, the Prime Minister requests:
Ministers and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities closely monitor, proactively direct and deploy response work to strong winds at sea, heavy rains, floods, landslides, flash floods, and flash floods to ensure timely and effective response, minimizing damage to people's lives and property, and promptly overcoming consequences when natural disasters and incidents occur.
Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities from Ha Tinh to Phu Yen focused on mobilizing forces and means to access deeply flooded and isolated areas to promptly support food, foodstuffs, and necessities for people, preventing people from going hungry.
Continue to review, inspect, promptly detect, proactively warn, and organize the evacuation of residents, especially the elderly, children, women, and vulnerable groups, from deeply flooded areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, and flash floods.
Organize forces to guard, control, and guide safe traffic through spillways, deeply flooded areas, landslide areas or areas at risk of landslides; deploy measures to ensure dam safety; prepare means and forces to support people in evacuating and rescuing when situations arise.
Timely organize visits, encouragement and support for families affected by floods in accordance with regulations; mobilize local forces to support people in repairing houses, cleaning up the environment, quickly restoring traffic routes, essential infrastructure works and production and business immediately after floods.
The Ministry of National Defense mobilized drones to support localities in surveying vulnerable areas to promptly detect cracks and areas at risk of landslides and flash floods in order to provide early warning and take preventive measures and evacuate residents to ensure safety.
Proactively deploy forces and vehicles in key areas at risk of deep flooding and isolation to be ready to support evacuation, relocation of residents, and rescue when requested by local authorities.
The Ministry of Public Security directs the deployment of forces to regulate traffic and provide guidance to ensure traffic safety and security and order in areas affected by natural disasters; directs functional agencies and security and order protection forces at the grassroots level to be ready to deploy to support people in responding to floods and rescue.
