Since September 23, due to the rapid rise in the Ma River water level, water has overflowed the No culvert in Vinh An commune, Vinh Loc district (Thanh Hoa), seeping into the dike.
Immediately after discovering the incident, the People's Committee of Vinh Loc district directed Vinh An commune to deploy the "4 on-site" plan, mobilizing functional forces and people to actively overcome the incident. At the same time, promptly report to the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense for direction.
Faced with the situation of water seeping into the dike in Vinh An commune (Vinh Loc), causing danger to people living inside the dike, on the night of September 23, Mr. Lai The Nguyen - Standing Deputy Secretary in charge of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Thanh Hoa province and related departments and branches came and direct the handling of the incident.
That very night, thousands of people and dozens of vehicles gathered to patch the dike.
Speaking with Lao Dong, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Hung - Head of Vinh Loc District Police said that, implementing the direction of superiors to ensure the lives and property of the people, from the early evening of September 23, the forces in the district mobilized more than 1,000 people to participate in the response, of which the police force had more than 100 people, all of whom were experienced officers and soldiers in responding to natural disasters.
Senior Lieutenant colonel Nguyen Huu Hung said that all night long, officers and soldiers had been wading through deep water and cold rain to build a small dike inside the dike to raise water to reduce water pressure from outside the dike using the communicating vessel method.
"More than 1 million cubic meters of sand and rock were put into bags by the forces, sunk into deep water to create a foundation, and then built a dike above. The whole night, the soldiers worked very hard, but because of their duty and for the peace of the people, everyone tried their best to complete the task" - Chief of Vinh Loc District Police said.
On local social networking sites, images of officers and soldiers wading in water to patch and fix the leaking dike were spread with many touching compliments and gratitude.
