The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has just sent a telegram to the People's Committees of provinces and cities in the Northern region and relevant ministries on responding to heavy rain, floods, inundation, flash floods, and landslides.
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, from June 26-28, 2025, the Northwest and Viet Bac of the North are forecast to have heavy rain, some places have very heavy rain, common rainfall from 30-80mm, some places over 250mm; from the night of June 28 to July 2, 2025, the North is likely to experience a widespread heavy rain with common rainfall from 100-300mm, some places over 500mm. Heavy rain is at high risk of causing flooding in low-lying areas, urban areas, industrial parks; flash floods on small rivers and streams and landslides in steep slopes.
To proactively respond to heavy rain, floods, flash floods, and landslides, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment recommends that provinces, cities, ministries and branches closely monitor forecasts and warnings about heavy rain, risk of floods, flash floods, landslides, and provide timely and complete information to local authorities and people to proactively prevent them.
Deploy shock forces to inspect and review residential areas along rivers, streams, low-lying areas, areas at risk of flooding, flash floods, and landslides to proactively clear the flow in areas with congestion and congestion; organize the relocation and evacuation of people to safe places.
Organize forces to guard, control, support and guide to ensure safe traffic for people and vehicles, especially at culverts, spillways, areas with deep flooding, fast-flowing water, areas where landslides have occurred or are at risk of landslides; resolutely do not allow people and vehicles to pass through if safety is not guaranteed; do not let unfortunate damage to people occur due to carelessness and subjectivity; arrange forces, materials, and means to overcome incidents, ensuring smooth traffic on major traffic routes when heavy rain occurs.
Inspect and review vulnerable works and unfinished works; proactively deploy measures to ensure safety for industrial parks, urban areas, residential areas and tunnel and mineral exploitation areas.
Deploy measures to ensure the safety of dykes, reservoirs and downstream areas; arrange standing forces to operate and regulate reservoirs and be ready to handle possible situations.
Prepare a flood-proof drainage plan to protect production, industrial parks, urban areas, and residential areas. Prepare forces and means for rescue when required.
