Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy directed the work of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in Yen Bai city.

Minister Do Duc Duy and the working delegation inspected the landslide situation at Km 2, Dien Bien Street, in residential group 2, Yen Ninh Ward. This is an area that is currently suffering quite heavy damage due to landslides with dozens of houses completely collapsed and positive slopes collapsed. As of the afternoon of September 11, this area is still at risk of further landslides.

During the inspection, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy requested the city leaders to mobilize human resources, machinery, and vehicles to relocate households in areas at risk of landslides to safe places. He requested businesses with excavators to coordinate with the city government to handle landslides to ensure people's safety.

Minister Do Duc Duy also asked people in this area to proactively evacuate, prioritize protecting life safety, support families in distress, whose houses have collapsed, or have to be evacuated, and share with the authorities to focus on providing relief to areas in urgent need first.

Minister Do Duc Duy and the working delegation inspected the landslide situation at Km 2 of Dien Bien road, in residential group 2, Yen Ninh ward.

Inspecting the landslide and house collapse situation at Group 10 and Kim Dong Street in Minh Tan Ward, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy requested the city to ensure safety for people, clean up areas where water recedes, and suggest increasing the capacity of the water plant to have water for people to clean their houses.

In Hong Ha ward and Tuy Loc commune, through the situation, it was found that the Red River water had receded. He requested the police and military forces to concentrate their forces to support people in cleaning up with the spirit of cleaning up as the water receded. If necessary, mobilize militia and self-defense forces from other districts to support. Especially in isolated areas, mobilize small boats from other places to support people with food, water and drinking water in a timely manner.

Reporting at the meeting with the Minister, the leaders of Yen Bai city said that they had mobilized about 1,000 military and police forces to help people overcome the consequences. The city also hoped that the province would provide maximum support in terms of forces and means, and support in ensuring communication to serve the direction and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy visited and encouraged people affected by natural disasters in the area of ​​Km 2, Dien Bien road.

Comrade Tran Huy Tuan - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the risk of landslides still exists, the city needs to focus on assessing the level of landslides before bringing people home safely. Along with that, the city needs to focus on cleaning up as the water recedes; coordinate with the health sector to carry out disinfection spraying, ensuring environmental sanitation; focus on directing and guiding people to restore agricultural production and livestock. The city also needs to pay attention to damage statistics and provide timely support to people.

Concluding the meeting, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy highly appreciated the Party Committee, government and people of the city for their efforts to overcome the consequences of storm No. 3. The Minister commented that in the coming days, the volume of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters will be very large, the city needs to focus on rescue work, immediately move people in dangerous places to safe places and not allow those who have moved from dangerous places to return when safety is not guaranteed; take good care of the funeral of the deceased, focus on treating the injured and pay attention to supporting the families that suffered losses.

At the same time, properly coordinate support and aid resources; restore and ensure essential services including electricity, water and communication; clean up landslides, environmental sanitation, and disease prevention, especially in public places such as schools and medical stations. Take care of people's health; restore infrastructure systems such as drainage systems and agency headquarters; handle landslides to ensure safety; count damage and support the restoration of agricultural production, flexibly convert the structure of suitable crop varieties.

Comrade Do Duc Duy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and Comrade Tran Huy Tuan - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected the landslide area at Group 10, Minh Tan Ward.

Minister Do Duc Duy inspected Hong Ha ward, Yen Bai city.

Minister Do Duc Duy requested the city to focus on ensuring security, safety, and social welfare; and bring life back to normal as soon as possible. There should be plans to support people and ensure safe housing, and arrange resettlement for people forced to move out of dangerous areas. He said he would direct the province to have plans to arrange appropriate forces and resources for the city and damaged localities.

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