According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, by 10:00 on September 23, the whole province had 1,063 boats with 3,022 workers. Of which, 754 vehicles with 1,937 workers have anchored safely at ports in the province; 15 vehicles/120 workers are anchored in other provinces; there are 272 vehicles/805 workers operating along the coast but still maintaining regular contact with their families and Border Guards. In addition, there are 1,824 hut/2,026 workers in ponds in dykes, 977 hut/1,099 workers in ponds outside dykes, 1,025 hut/969 workers in clam farming areas and 2,190 cages/15 aquaculture workers.
Through the review, the whole province currently has 63 key points on the dykes, all of which have plans to mobilize human resources, materials, and means according to the "4 on-site" motto. Regarding agricultural production, by September 22, the sown area reached 97,500 hectares of rice, of which 85,000 hectares had fallen; the winter crop area was about 3,500 hectares, and the summer-autumn crop was basically harvested.
Mr. Nguyen Khac Than requested all levels, sectors, units, enterprises and commune and ward authorities to strictly implement the instructions of the Central and the province, absolutely not to be subjective or negligent. Localities must improve the Civil Defense Steering Committee, clearly assign tasks, and at the same time review and supplement plans and scenarios to respond to storm No. 9, especially focusing on mobilizing human resources, means, and logistics.
The Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the Provincial Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting are assigned to closely monitor the storm's developments and update information promptly so that media agencies can widely disseminate information to the people. In particular, 8 coastal communes must activate response plans at the highest level, strictly prevent storms, call on ships to take shelter, limit and temporarily suspend production activities at sea.
The province is expected to ban the sea from 12:00 on September 24 and complete calling for ships, relocating aquaculture workers, closing border gates, and crossing river dykes and dykes before 6:00 p.m. the same day.
To minimize agricultural damage, irrigation works exploitation companies are required to lower water levels in the system according to the motto " Removing riverbank, removing rice fields", preventing heavy rain causing flooding. Localities must urgently harvest the area of ripe rice early with the motto "greener at home than in the fields", and at the same time have a scenario to protect areas with sedge and vegetables.
The grassroots government needs to make a list of elderly people, lonely people, and households living outside the dike and low-lying areas to prepare for relocation plans, absolutely not allowing any human losses due to subjectivity. The Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Police and related units must proactively arrange forces and means, and be ready for rescue when there are emergency situations.
With the spirit of " proactive, urgent, and decisive", the meeting agreed to synchronously deploy solutions to protect the safety of people's lives and property, minimizing damage caused by storm No. 9.
