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Central localities urged to proactively tackle natural disasters

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked localities in the central coastal and Central Highlands regions to be more proactive in preventing natural disasters to minimize losses.
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Central localities urged to proactively tackle natural disasters ảnh 1Supporting flood victims (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked localitiesin the central coastal and Central Highlands regions to be more proactive inpreventing natural disasters to minimize losses.

Dung,who also heads the National Committee for Search and Rescue, made the requestat an online conference with 10 coastal provinces and cities in the central,and Central Highlands regions, in Hanoi on December 2.

Heordered central cities and provinces from Nghe An to Binh Thuan to promptlysupport families having casualties in floods and continuously search for themissing.

TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) was told to evaluate theimpacts of the recent floods on hydropower reservoirs and irrigation systems,while the Ministry of Industry and Trade enhanced inspection and management offlood discharge from reservoirs.

TheDeputy PM urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) todevelop the monitoring, forecasting and warning systems, and install equipmentat hydro meteorological stations, especially in flood and landslide-proneareas.

Inthe long run, it is necessary to continue carrying out projects oncommunity-based natural disaster management and forest protection, he said.

Heasked the Ministry of Construction to work with the MoNRE and the Ministry ofTransport to devise proper relocation plans for flood-prone areas.

Hesuggested building more rain gauge and rescue stations in the central region,particularly the north-central part, along with upgrading drainage and dykesystems, and preventing soil erosion and flashfloods in mountainous areas.

Accordingto Tran Quang Hoai, Deputy Director General of the MARD’s Department of WaterResources, 65 people were dead and unaccounted for during the recent floods.Meanwhile, more than 22,000 hectares of rice were damaged. The total economicloss was estimated at over 7 trillion VND (308 million USD).

Ministriesand localities promptly supported people by providing over 4,400 tonnes of riceas well as medicine to hardest-hit provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh,and Quang Binh.

Theyalso proposed the Government support 305 billion VND (13.42 million USD) for 14 provinces hardhit by the recent floods./.
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