Need support for construction solutions to prevent landslides

Located adjacent to Hau River, Thot Not District, like other localities in Can Tho City, has a dense river system. Every year, Thot Not is also affected by water flow and climate change, leading to landslides on river banks and canals, affecting people's lives and property. To limit the above situation, Thot Not District has implemented many solutions to prevent and combat landslides and needs investment and support from the city as well as relevant ministries and branches.

Scene of landslide on Thom Rom canal bank, urgent need for landslide prevention and control solutions.

In recent days, people in Thuan Hung ward (Thot Not district) still remember and fear the landslide on Thom Rom canal, in Tan Phu area, which caused many houses to collapse, affecting daily life and travel in the area. Mr. Huynh Thanh Phong, whose house collapsed into Thom Rom canal, said: “Thom Rom canal has strong currents and many large ships carrying goods, so the canal bank often collapses. The area around my house showed signs of landslides a few days ago. My neighbors and I moved all our belongings out of the house. The next day (May 16, 2025), the canal bank collapsed, dragging down 4 houses and a section of the embankment to prevent landslides. Thanks to moving the property in advance, my family's damage was limited.”

The landslide occurred at 4:00 a.m. on May 16, 2025 on Thom Rom canal in Tan Phu area, with a length of 25m, a width of 5m and moved the adjacent embankment about 43m long, the section at risk of another landslide of 6m. The landslide completely damaged 3 houses and 1 rice paper kiln. Specifically, the landslide completely collapsed the house of Mr. Truong An Thong, with an area of ​​4.5m wide and 5.3m long, with an iron frame structure, concrete pillars, corrugated iron roof, corrugated iron walls, and a tiled floor. Estimated damage is about 50 million VND. Completely collapsed the house of Mr. Huynh Thanh Phong, with an area of ​​5.5m wide and 5.3m long, with an iron frame structure, concrete pillars, corrugated iron roof, corrugated iron walls, and a cement floor; estimated damage is about 40 million VND. The house of Ms. Huynh Thi Ngoc completely collapsed, with an area of ​​5m wide and 5.3m long, with an iron frame structure, concrete pillars, corrugated iron roof, corrugated iron walls, and a cement floor, with an estimated damage of about 40 million VND. The house of Ms. Van Thi Tho, a rice paper factory, with an area of ​​8.5m wide and 5m long, with an corrugated iron roof, corrugated iron walls, a wooden frame, a cement floor, and concrete pillars, with an estimated damage of about 25 million VND...

Immediately after the landslide occurred, the People's Committee and the Steering Committee for Civil Defense - Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue (PTDS-PCTT &TKCN) of Thot Not district promptly directed the People's Committee of Thuan Hung ward to mobilize local forces to help people affected by the landslide to dismantle and urgently relocate items and belongings to a safe place; organize the installation of signs, stretch warning ropes and widely notify people around the area to know and avoid; at the same time, the locality continued to monitor developments in the landslide area and neighboring areas to promptly detect cracks and points at risk of landslides and promptly notify people to proactively prevent and evacuate to ensure safety.

Mr. Nguyen Van Dam, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue in Thot Not District, proposed: “In order to promptly respond to and overcome the consequences of natural disasters, ensure the safety of people's lives and property and the State, and avoid affecting people's travel, daily life and production, the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue in Thot Not District recommends the People's Committee of Can Tho City and the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue in the city to support the locality in building an emergency anti-erosion embankment in the above area. This construction is aimed at promptly overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, preventing emergency landslides on the right bank of Thom Rom canal to ensure people's traffic and ensure the safety of production and business of Thom Rom rice paper craft village; promptly preventing landslides from continuing to encroach deeper inside...”.

_❝ Recently, during the inspection and survey of the landslide situation in Thom Rom canal, Thot Not district, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc He, Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee, Deputy Head of the City Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue, requested the locality to pay attention and regularly inspect areas at high risk of landslides to promptly detect and help people limit damage to people and property; mobilize people living along rivers and canals at risk of landslides to move to safe places; organize barriers to ensure safety for people in the Thom Rom canal landslide area and organize cleanup and ensure waterway traffic in the landslide area. The City Irrigation Department will soon have a report and propose specific solutions for the City Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue to submit to the Standing Committee of Can Tho City People's Committee for consideration and investment in emergency repair works in the above landslide area...

According to the People's Committee of Thot Not district, in the face of increasingly serious landslides, the locality has urgently developed plans to prevent and combat landslides, protect river banks, and beautify the urban area. From the beginning of 2025 to now, Thot Not district has completed documents to deploy riverbank landslide prevention and control projects from local funding sources, such as reinforcing and repairing landslides on the right bank of Thang Loi canal (from Tiem Hoa Thuy to the rice drying kiln) - Thuan An ward; reinforcing landslides on Xeo Cao canal, Suon 2 canal - Thanh Hoa and Trung Nhut wards; reinforcing and repairing landslides on Thom Rom canal in Thuan Hung ward; landslides on Can Tho Be canal, Ca Ke canal - Trung Kien and Thuan Hung wards, etc.

In addition, Thot Not district also focuses on implementing procedures and monitoring the progress of irrigation works, riverbank erosion prevention works, and road works on large fields. Monitoring the progress of irrigation implementation in the dry season of the wards in 2025. Mr. Vo Van Tan, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thot Not district, Head of the Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue of the district, said: "To limit landslides and natural disasters occurring in the 2025 rainy and stormy season, Thot Not district proactively organizes field survey teams to conduct a review of areas at high risk of landslides that can endanger people's lives and property and State property on rivers and canals in the area; promptly notify and warn people to proactively evacuate to safe places; promote propaganda work on mass media to raise people's awareness of natural disaster prevention, control and mitigation, especially raising awareness of preventing and combating landslides on riverbanks and canals; direct functional departments and wards to proactively review traffic routes along rivers and canals under their management, limit load and speed traffic to proactively prevent and combat landslides (especially on roads with cracks and subsidence); regularly direct and urge the People's Committees of wards to inspect the construction order situation in the area, not allowing illegal construction of houses, violating the safety corridors of rivers and canals; at the same time, propagandize and mobilize people to move out of areas with high risk of landslides to safe places with the long-term goal of reducing the load, clearing and restoring the openness of river banks and canals...".

Article and photos: HA VAN

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