Prime Minister visits isolated commune in Bac Giang to inspect flood prevention

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On the morning of September 10, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the situation, checked and directed the response to floods, natural disasters, and rescue work in Bac Giang province.

Bac Giang is one of the localities heavily affected by floods and natural disasters.

In Bac Giang, the Prime Minister visited and encouraged people and functional forces on duty in Van Ha commune, Viet Yen town. This is a commune located along the Cau River, with a population of 9,000, and is currently isolated.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspects disaster response work in isolated Van Ha commune, Viet Yen town, Bac Giang province - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspects disaster response work in isolated Van Ha commune, Viet Yen town, Bac Giang province - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Prime Minister requested Party committees, authorities, and agencies at all levels to continue to focus on directing and implementing drastic, timely, and effective disaster response work; carefully review and proactively evacuate and relocate residents from unsafe areas, ensuring people's safety. Strictly control, guide, and support traffic safety, especially in deeply flooded areas, areas with strong currents, and areas at risk of landslides. To quickly stabilize production and people's lives, and not let anyone go hungry, cold, homeless, without clean water, or without medical care... The Prime Minister requested Party secretaries and People's Committee chairmen at all levels to direct functional agencies to grasp the situation of people lacking food, provisions, and clean water, and to organize the distribution of food, provisions, dry rations, and necessities to the people.

The Prime Minister requested strict control, guidance, and support to ensure traffic safety, especially in areas with deep flooding, fast-flowing water, and areas at risk of landslides - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
The Prime Minister requested strict control, guidance, and support to ensure traffic safety, especially in areas with deep flooding, fast-flowing water, and areas at risk of landslides. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

At the same time, the military and police forces directed functional units to actively and proactively coordinate with localities to urgently transport food, provisions, dry rations, instant noodles, necessities, drinking water, clean water, etc. to provide to people in isolated areas, people lacking food, provisions and necessities, etc. in the fastest time possible, ensuring the right target, efficiency, avoiding loss and waste.

Storm No. 3 and its circulation caused widespread heavy rain in the North, especially in the mountainous and midland provinces of the North, causing great damage to life and property, seriously affecting production and people's lives.

In Bac Giang, floods from upstream caused water levels to rise on major rivers, inundating many places, isolating and severely cutting off, causing much damage and affecting the lives of many families in the province.

Van Ha Commune, Viet Yen District, is a commune located along the Cau River, with a population of 9,000, and is currently isolated - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
Van Ha Commune, Viet Yen District, is located along the Cau River, with a population of 9,000, and is currently isolated. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

At 6:00 p.m. on September 9, the water level on the Cau River at Dap Cau Hydrological Station was 5.53 m (0.23 m above alert level 2); the water level on the Thuong River at Phu Lang Thuong Hydrological Station was 6.11 m (0.81 m above alert level 2); on the Luc Nam River at Luc Nam was 6.6 m (0.3 m above alert level 3).

Water levels on Cau, Thuong, and Luc Nam rivers are forecast to continue to rise and remain above alert level 3. The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control, Search and Rescue of Bac Giang province has just issued alert level 3 on Thuong River...

On September 9, authorities in Bac Giang promptly assisted many people in evacuating to safety. The provincial Military Command mobilized 4,627 officers and soldiers with 74 cars of various types and 10 speedboats to participate in disaster prevention and search and rescue work in localities...

Preliminary damage caused by storm No. 3 in Bac Giang province is about 300 billion VND. The province also had one person die due to natural disasters.

Peeled wood workshops in Luc Nam, Bac Giang devastated after storm No. 3. Video: Tran Tuan - Phu Den

Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storm number 3

Storm No. 3 (Storm Yagi) caused severe damage and impacts in many provinces in the Northern region.

"A piece of food when hungry is worth a whole package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Charitable Social Fund calls on philanthropists at home and abroad to join hands to share with people affected by the storm and post-storm circulation.... to soon stabilize their lives.

The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious affection of agencies, businesses, and philanthropists at home and abroad.

Please send all donations to: Tam Long Vang Charity Fund, 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Phone: 024.39232756. Account number (STK): 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi. STK: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank - Hanoi Branch, STK: 12410001122556 - at BIDV - Hoan Kiem Branch. Or scan the following QR code:

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