Bac Ninh Party chief orders swift recovery efforts after heavy flooding
BAC NINH - On October 13, Nguyen Hong Thai, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee, chaired a meeting of the provincial Civil Defense Command to review responses to ongoing flooding and propose measures to cope with further heavy rains in the coming days.
According to the command’s report, torrential rainfall triggered by the remnants of Storm No. 11 caused severe flooding across northern Vietnam, including Bac Ninh, resulting in estimated damage of around 1.67 trillion VND.
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Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hong Thai chairs the meeting. |
As of October 13, flooding remained in 54 villages across 10 communes and wards, affecting 6,516 households, as water levels inside local dikes and embankments had not yet fully receded.
At the meeting, delegates assessed the overall flood situation, highlighting difficulties and limitations in the response.
Secretary Nguyen Hong Thai directed the provincial Fatherland Front Committee, the provincial Relief Mobilization Board and relevant agencies and localities to continue assisting affected households to ensure social welfare and basic living conditions.
He called for mobilizing forces to help residents clean up their homes and surroundings, maintain environmental hygiene, and prevent disease outbreaks.
The Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources & Environment were tasked with continuing patrols to protect dikes, preparing repair plans for irrigation works, dikes, and rural water systems, and guiding communes and wards to quickly restore agricultural production and stabilize livelihoods.
The Department of Health was instructed to deploy personnel to support local sanitation and public health efforts.
In the long term, the provincial Party chief emphasized the need to develop a plan to upgrade dike and irrigation systems to better withstand floods and to design relocation and resettlement schemes for residents living in high-risk flood zones.
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