Present directly at the scene to direct flood relief work in Xa Dung commune, Mr. Lo Van Cuong - Vice Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee - said that the province has mobilized about 500 people including military forces, police, militia and people to participate in rescue and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.
According to Mr. Lo Van Cuong, the biggest difficulty is the widespread situation of flash floods and landslides with a large amount of rock and soil. Therefore, the province has mobilized specialized machinery to level and clear the main roads connecting to Xa Dung and Muong Luan communes...
According to the reporter in Xa Dung commune, forces are actively clearing landslides and helping people overcome the consequences of floods.
As of the afternoon of August 1, in Dien Bien province, floods have killed at least 4 people, 7 people are still buried or swept away by floods.
In Co De village, Xa Dung commune, floods caused landslides, sweeping away a family's house. The husband was lucky to escape, the mother and 3 children were swept away. Forces on the spot are making efforts to search.
In Hang Pu Xi village, Xa Dung commune, 2 children are missing. The road from the commune center to the village was eroded from the positive slope to the road, fallen trees; currently cut off from the center to Hang Pu Xi village, so it cannot be reached.
In Tia Dinh village, Tia Dinh commune, a landslide killed two children.
Floods have also wiped out many houses, preliminary statistics show that about 17 households in Hang Pu Xi village, Xa Dung commune were buried and had their houses completely lost. Suoi Lu village, Na Son commune was completely flooded.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 125/CD-TTg dated August 1, 2025 on urgently overcoming the consequences of floods in Dien Bien province and focusing on responding to landslides and flash floods in the mountainous and midland provinces of the North.
According to the dispatch, in the early morning of August 1, Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh provinces had heavy to very heavy rain, especially in Dien Bien province, there was heavy rain (some places had total rainfall of nearly 300mm in 6 hours).
The Prime Minister sent his condolences to the families of those who died or went missing, and shared the difficulties and losses of people in disaster-affected areas.
