The General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) has just issued Official Dispatch No. 4875-CD/TM on focusing on emergency response to storm No. 5 in 2025.
At the Official Dispatch, the General Staff requested agencies and units to:
Strictly maintain the on-duty regime, proactively monitor and grasp the developments of storms and floods due to storms; deploy preventive and control measures to ensure the safety of barns, warehouses, and works under construction. Prepare forces and means to be ready to respond promptly and effectively when situations arise. Ensure absolute safety of people and vehicles while performing tasks.
Military regions 3, 4, 5: Direct the Military Commands of provinces and cities to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Environment and relevant agencies to advise local Party committees and authorities to continue inspecting and reviewing response plans and solutions in accordance with reality...
Military Region 4 on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense organized a working group to inspect, urge, and coordinate with localities to direct the implementation of response work to storm No. 5 and floods in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Tri.
The Border Guard Command (BDBP) directs the Border Guard Commands of coastal provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Gia Lai to continue reviewing and counting ships and means of transport operating at sea by all measures to inform the developments of the storm to ships and means of transport still operating at sea; instructing them to escape and not enter areas at risk of being affected by the storm; calling for and instructing ships and means to safe storm shelters; instructing and supporting people to deploy necessary measures to ensure safety for ships at anchorage sites (not allowing subsidence at shelters).
The Navy and Coast Guard of Vietnam: Direct agencies and units under their authority to deploy safety measures; prepare forces and means for search and rescue when situations occur at sea and on islands.
Air Defense - Air Force (PK-KQ), Corps 18: Check and review plans, organize forces and means to be ready to conduct search and rescue flights on air routes when ordered by the Ministry.
The dispatch also stated that the 12th and 34th Corps, Hanoi Capital Command, Artillery - missile Command and the Corps and Corps review and supplement plans and solutions in accordance with the actual situation, ensure safety for forces performing their duties, and prepare forces and means to participate in rescue when requested by the locality.
The Information and Communications Corps directs units to ensure smooth communication for the Head of the Ministry of National Defense to direct the operation of rescue work, especially in isolated and isolated areas.
Military Industry - Telecommunications Group: Proactively take measures to ensure information in areas forecast to be at high risk of isolation due to the impact of storms and floods, ensuring smooth and smooth information connection between the central and local governments. Ready to send forces and vehicles (Flycam) to coordinate with the Military Region: 3, 4, 5 to support localities in surveying vulnerable areas to promptly detect cracks, areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, isolation to provide early warnings and take timely preventive measures.
