Nearly 36 billion VND in damage caused by natural disasters in Can Tho

PHƯƠNG ANH |

Can Tho - Information from the City People's Committee, since the beginning of the year, the locality has recorded 4 main types of natural disasters, directly affecting people and infrastructure.

Of which, riverbank landslides occurred 112 times, with a total length of 2,982 m, affecting 50 households, with estimated damage of VND25.963 billion. 68 rounds of thunderstorms affected 250 households, 2 schools, 1 Health Station, injured 3 people, and caused damage of VND9.939 billion.

Flooding and high tides occurred in 5 waves, the highest water level at Can Tho station as of October 23, 2025 was 2.33 m, 33 cm above alert level III, causing local flooding on many inner-city roads, affecting traffic and daily activities.

The drought and saline intrusion in the dry season occurred 13 times on rivers, canals, and ditches, such as the Hau River at Tran De, Cai Lon River, Cai Con River, My Thanh River at Du Tho and Quan Lo - Phung Hiep Canal.

The City Natural Disaster Prevention Fund has supported affected households with a total amount of more than 1.4 billion VND, helping people overcome the consequences and stabilize their lives.

In the last month of 2025, the functional sector will strengthen propaganda to care for and harvest the Autumn-Winter rice crop, sow the Winter-Spring crop according to the seasonal schedule, strive to achieve a yield of over 4.6 million tons by the end of the year. Timely grasp all weather developments, hydrology, rain and storm situations and the instructions of the Central Government and the City People's Committee in natural disaster prevention and control, irrigation work for production and people's economic life to be effective.

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