Accordingly, regarding the work of ensuring pontoon bridges, during the day, the Ministry of National Defense mobilized 160 officers and soldiers and 84 vehicles of all kinds, maintaining the operation of Song Lo pontoon bridge, ensuring safe passage for 4,898 people and vehicles.
Regarding the fires and explosions, the report stated that at 3:30 pm on March 23, in group 10, Gia Sang ward/Thai Nguyen, a gas cylinder explosion occurred, resulting in: 1 death (Pham Van Vuong, born in 1960), the cause is being verified. Local authorities mobilized local forces to overcome the consequences.
At 9:56 PM on March 23, at 2E4 Pham Van Giang street, Binh Hung ward/Ho Chi Minh City, a fire occurred at Lien Trang rice shop, an area of about 50m2, the consequence: 2 deaths (N.T. M. T, born 1978; N.T. Q, born 2016), the cause is being verified.
The locality mobilized 27 people (Minor militia: 12, Police: 15), 2 fire prevention and fighting vehicles, coordinating with local forces to extinguish the fire at 10:20 pm on the same day.
Regarding search and rescue work, fishing vessel PY 96878 TS/05 LĐ broke its axle and drifted, about 122 nautical miles northeast of Nha Trang, about 103 nautical miles east of Tuy Hoa/Dak Lak (following Report No. 118/BC-VP dated March 23, 2026).
At 2:00 PM on the 23rd, 3 fishing boats PY 96878 TS had self-remedled the incident and continued their fishing journey.
Another incident at 5:15 pm on March 23, Song Tu Tay island clinic received patient Nguyen Tan Pha (born 1992), a fisherman on fishing vessel BD 98291 TS, who was hit by a cable, causing chest injury; currently being monitored and treated at the island clinic.
According to general assessments, agencies, units, and localities maintain strict duty regimes, proactively grasp the situation, promptly mobilize forces and vehicles, extinguish fires, overcome gas cylinder explosion incidents, provide emergency care to patients and support ships with incidents at sea.
