During the late rainy season of 2024, new and unusual landslides have appeared in the mountainous areas of Quang Nam, in addition to the province's natural disaster forecast map. To date, there have been at least 4 villages with nearly 1,000 people urgently evacuated. From 2011 to present, the Institute of Geophysics has observed more than 4,500 earthquakes with a magnitude of 0.5 to 4.7 degrees Richter at the Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant (in the area of Nam, Bac Tra My districts, Quang Nam). According to the report of Quang Nam province, in the period of 2011 - 2020, the whole province had more than 100,000 hectares of forest lost and degraded due to deforestation, encroachment on forest land, timber exploitation...
According to Mr. Tran Duy Dung - Chairman of Nam Tra My District People's Committee, natural disasters not only threaten the lives of thousands of mountainous households, but also destroy many vital traffic routes. Mr. Hoang Ngoc Tuan - Director of the Central and Central Highlands Institute of Irrigation Science commented that cutting the road along the mountain will change the slope and the rainwater drainage systems in the vertical and horizontal directions, especially the culverts across the road, will not be guaranteed. If not calculated carefully, the possibility of water drainage is not guaranteed, increasing the risk of landslides. To respond to natural disasters, the People's Council of Quang Nam has passed Resolution 23/2021 on the arrangement and assignment of mountainous residents with a total budget of about 1,000 billion VND.
Many years ago, people in Ga'nil village, A Xan commune, Tay Giang district, Quang Nam had the habit of living isolatedly in the forest. Because it is located in a remote place, close to the Vietnam - Laos border, the road has become a village without concrete roads, electricity, schools, and a lack of goods. 3 months after the horrific landslide in Tra Leng, Nam Tra My (October 2020), causing Ms. Ho Thi Nan (M'Nong ethnic group) to lose relatives and home, the whole family was resettled to Bang La village, and was granted land by the State and a charity unit to build a house. Up to now, life has had many positive changes. Mr. Le Van Dung - Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Nam province - said that in the period of 2013 - 2023, the province has relocated nearly 2,650 households, arranged for concentration and interspersed with nearly 1,200 mountainous households, ending the life of nomads, the fear of natural disasters and landslides no longer exists. The government also created a livelihood to help people have stable jobs. "Quang Nam strives to resettle nearly 8,000 households in 9 mountainous districts by the end of 2025" - said the leader of Quang Nam province.
