On the afternoon of September 15, Mr. Trinh Xuan Truong, Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee, conducted a field survey and directed the resettlement plan for households in Lang Nu, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district.
The survey team included Prof. Dr. Tran Thanh Hai, Principal of the University of Mining and Geology; geological experts; leaders of several departments and branches of Lao Cai province and Bao Yen district.
The survey team went to some locations planned for resettlement for households in Lang Nu, listened to professional agencies quickly report on the situation of geological measurement, survey, and calculation of resettlement plans; at the same time, consulted local people about information on hydrological situation and customs of the people.
After field surveys, geological and construction experts gave their opinions on two resettlement options.
Accordingly, the first option is to resettle in the middle of a field, about 3 hectares wide.
The second option is in the sim hill area, about 2km from the old village, a land with high terrain, safe, convenient for arranging traffic infrastructure, electricity and water, spacious.
This resettlement area is initially expected to house 40 families affected by the recent flash floods and landslides.
Experts also gave some opinions on the selection of location, calculating the architectural design of the house to ensure disaster prevention and suit the traditional architecture and customs of the Tay people here.
After research and discussion, comrade Trinh Xuan Truong, Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee, proposed that the Vietnam Architectural Association support the design of stilt houses suitable for the functional use and traditional architecture and customs of the people.
Regarding the proposed resettlement location, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the first option is not safe because it is low, two streams flow around, the risk of flash floods can occur, very dangerous. Therefore, priority is given to choosing the second option.
The survey team also collected opinions from the people of Lang Nu and received high consensus and agreement with option two.
The Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee directed that on September 16, relevant agencies and units must deploy means and human resources to measure, plan, and calculate compensation for site clearance, speed up construction progress, and be determined to complete resettlement before December 31, 2024.
Mr. Trinh Xuan Truong also hopes that local people will participate in helping workers during the construction process to create a new Nu Village more beautiful than the old Nu Village, helping people in the flood-affected areas overcome pain and stabilize their lives.
As previously reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, the horrific landslide that occurred early in the morning of September 10 flattened 40 houses in Lang Nu village, with 168 people. Of these, 3 were over 70 years old, 18 were children under 6 years old, 14 were under 14 years old, and the rest were between 15-69 years old.
The area where the flash flood occurred is far from the center (40km from Bao Yen district, 120km from Lao Cai city), traffic is cut off, communication is completely lost, so it took the district's rescue team many hours to reach the scene.
Thus, by the end of September 15, 87 people were safe. The total number of dead and missing people to date is 66 cases (a decrease of 29 cases compared to the initially announced figures).
Currently, forces are actively searching for the remaining 14 missing victims.
