On October 23, the Office of the People's Committee of Dong Thap province said that Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dong Thap province Nguyen Thanh Dieu has just signed an official dispatch directing provincial departments, branches, sectors and People's Committees of communes and wards to strengthen and proactively respond to flooding caused by floods combined with high tides at the end of October and the impact of storm No. 12.
According to the forecast of the Dong Thap Province Hydrometeorological Station, from now until the end of October 2025, floods combined with high tides and storm No. 12 will cause water levels in rivers in the province to be high with the highest peak tide this time likely to appear at level III alarm level from 0.2 - 0.3 m. Therefore, low-lying areas, riverside areas, areas outside the dike in the Thap Muoi plains, areas in the Southwest and downstream are likely to be flooded.

In particular, areas such as Truong Xuan commune, Thap Muoi commune, Phuong Thinh commune, Cao Lanh ward, Sa Dec ward, Lap Vo commune, Lai Vung commune, Phu Huu commune, Tan Nhuan Dong commune, Hau My commune, An Huu commune, Cai Be market (Cai Be commune), Cai Lay ward, Ngu Hiep commune, Hiep Duc commune have the largest flooding depth of 1.0 - 1.5 m, threatening to damage production, traffic, property, affecting local life and socio-economic development.
According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Dong Thap province, in recent times, floods combined with high tides and heavy rains have caused local flooding, affecting the lives, production and daily life of many localities. Typically, such as: Sa Dec ward, My Tra ward and the communes of Hiep Duc, Phu Huu, Phu Tho, Tan Long, Tan Nhuan Dong, Thanh Binh, Tan Phu Trung. From October 8 to 16, 2025 alone, natural disasters have flooded 17 houses and 5 classrooms; many bank lines with a total length of about 7km were overflowed; completely damaged 88 hectares of newly sown rice and 3.5 hectares of crops; affected 447 hectares of fruit gardens and 2.5 hectares of aquaculture areas...