On November 8, the authorities and people of Binh Thuy ward (Can Tho city) have basically fixed the broken dike in the Con Son area. The dike section broke in the early morning of November 6 due to the impact of high tides.
Mr. Luong Si Nam - Vice Chairman of Binh Thuy Ward People's Committee - said that after the landslide incident, the locality has coordinated with departments and the Irrigation Department to increase forces and has basically repaired the broken dike section. The current status of the dike section is stable and safe.
According to the Vice Chairman of Binh Thuy Ward People's Committee, in parallel with the repair, the ward has immediately deployed inspection and review of all dykes in Con Son to prepare for the next high tides. Through the review, the authorities discovered 2 to 3 other vulnerable sections at risk of landslides. For these risk points, the ward has mobilized local forces and people to immediately implement temporary solutions.
A representative of the Irrigation Sub-Department (Department of Agriculture and Environment of Can Tho City) informed that the unit is closely monitoring the development of hydrometeorology, especially high tides when the peak tide on November 6 reached 2.35m, 35cm higher than the III alarm level and higher than the average of many years, causing many damages to people and affecting dykes.
The Irrigation Department recommends that people proactively protect their fruit gardens and fish ponds before high tides; sections of dykes at risk of landslides are being surveyed, temporarily reinforced with buckwheat, coconut worm and technical geological fabric, and at the same time recommend planting trees to prevent landslides and strictly protect the dykes corridor.
Previously, at 4:00 a.m. on November 6, a section of the dike broke when the tide was high. The water from the Hau River flooded deeply, affecting many houses, fruit gardens, and fish ponds on the islet. Initial statistics show that 8 houses and 5 hectares of fruit and flower gardens were deeply flooded; the damage to aquatic products was also very large.
Mr. Mai Hong Su - Secretary and Head of Area 17 (Binh Thuy Ward) - also informed that the broken location was a section of the dike that was not part of the closed dike system invested by the city, but was built by the people themselves. Previously, the patrol force discovered the crack and mobilized people to reinforce and cover it, but due to the high tide, the self-standing dike could not withstand it. Although last year people reinforced this section themselves, the water level at that time was not as high as this year.
As of the end of October 2025, natural disasters in the city have affected 299 households, injured 3 people, with a total estimated damage of about 32.9 billion VND; 111 riverbank landslides alone have caused nearly 23 billion VND in damage.
