Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung encourages a local resident affected by heavy rain. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on December 9 visited Tuy Phuoc district inthe south central provinceof Binh Dinh, one of thehardest hit areas by recent floods where many villages are still being isolated.
The Deputy PM asked for the relocation of residents living nearthe bank of Ha Thanh river in Luat Le village to safer places, while requestingBinh Dinh’s authorities to give timely support to flood victims.
The province should roll out measures to assist familiesfacing difficulties, while mobilising forces to help locals repair their housesto resume normal lives and production after the flood.
According to Ho Quoc Dung, Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee, flood has killed 16 people and injured five others, while collapsing225 houses, uproofing 120 others and destroying nearly 20,000 hectares of ricefields and harming many transport and irrigation works.
Deputy PM Dung directed the Ministries of Agriculture andRural Development, Health, and Industry and Trade to help Binh Dinh overcomeconsequences of the disaster, especially restoring damaged roads.
The same day, the Deputy PM visited the family of NguyenMinh Hai in Phuong Quang commune whose house was destroyed by flood, and the bereavedfamily of Dao Minh Tai in Nhon An commune, An Nhon town. Tai was swept away andkilled by floodwater on the way home from school on December 8.
According to Chairman of Binh Dinh provincial People’sCommittee Ho Quoc Dung, the two consecutive floods over the past month killed16 persons and injured 5 others. A total of 225 houses in the provincecollapsed and nearly 20,000ha of rice was destroyed. Total losses wereestimated at 800 billion VND (over 35.4 million USD).
Also on December 9, Deputy PM Dung visited and handed over giftsto flood victims in Binh Dinh’s neighbouring province of Quang Ngai.
The recent floods killed 10 people in the province, leavingfour missing and inundated 1,800 houses. More than 700 hectares of rice fieldsand over 3,500 hectares of crop were damaged. National Highway 24 and 24C aswell as many provincial roads were also affected.
The Deputy PM required the locality to timely deliver aid toflood victims to ensure no one suffers from hunger. Priority should be given torecovering farming production, repairing houses and public works and preventingdiseases.-VNA
The Deputy PM asked for the relocation of residents living nearthe bank of Ha Thanh river in Luat Le village to safer places, while requestingBinh Dinh’s authorities to give timely support to flood victims.
The province should roll out measures to assist familiesfacing difficulties, while mobilising forces to help locals repair their housesto resume normal lives and production after the flood.
According to Ho Quoc Dung, Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee, flood has killed 16 people and injured five others, while collapsing225 houses, uproofing 120 others and destroying nearly 20,000 hectares of ricefields and harming many transport and irrigation works.
Deputy PM Dung directed the Ministries of Agriculture andRural Development, Health, and Industry and Trade to help Binh Dinh overcomeconsequences of the disaster, especially restoring damaged roads.
The same day, the Deputy PM visited the family of NguyenMinh Hai in Phuong Quang commune whose house was destroyed by flood, and the bereavedfamily of Dao Minh Tai in Nhon An commune, An Nhon town. Tai was swept away andkilled by floodwater on the way home from school on December 8.
According to Chairman of Binh Dinh provincial People’sCommittee Ho Quoc Dung, the two consecutive floods over the past month killed16 persons and injured 5 others. A total of 225 houses in the provincecollapsed and nearly 20,000ha of rice was destroyed. Total losses wereestimated at 800 billion VND (over 35.4 million USD).
Also on December 9, Deputy PM Dung visited and handed over giftsto flood victims in Binh Dinh’s neighbouring province of Quang Ngai.
The recent floods killed 10 people in the province, leavingfour missing and inundated 1,800 houses. More than 700 hectares of rice fieldsand over 3,500 hectares of crop were damaged. National Highway 24 and 24C aswell as many provincial roads were also affected.
The Deputy PM required the locality to timely deliver aid toflood victims to ensure no one suffers from hunger. Priority should be given torecovering farming production, repairing houses and public works and preventingdiseases.-VNA
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