Proactively respond to extreme weather events

Faced with the increasing heavy rains in the Northern and North Central provinces, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has issued Official Dispatch No. 2446/BNNMT-DD requesting provinces and cities to proactively respond to extreme weather phenomena. Quang Ninh province, with its unique location, always faces major challenges from natural disasters, especially during the rainy and stormy season, so learning from previous years, in 2025, the province has been proactive and highly determined in the work of preventing extreme weather, in order to maximally protect people's lives and property and maintain sustainable socio-economic development.

Specialized units of the Department of Construction inspect the safety of water vehicles operating on Ha Long Bay.

Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee has issued Official Dispatch No. 2740-CV/TU, requiring the entire province to absolutely not be negligent, subjective, lose vigilance, and not allow interruptions in directing response to natural disasters when restructuring administrative units and organizing local governments at two levels. At the same time, urgently review and develop a plan to reorganize forces performing natural disaster prevention and rescue tasks according to the instructions of competent authorities, and at the same time, in accordance with the actual conditions of the locality to ensure smooth, effective and efficient operations from July 1, 2025 (after the district level ends its operations).

Along with that, since March 2025, Quang Ninh province has been maintaining and repairing 8 level IV dykes in the area to improve disaster prevention capacity, ensure safety during the rainy season and contribute to stabilizing people's lives and production. The total cost of the projects is up to 36 billion VND, allocated to the following items: Repairing and reinforcing the dyke surface; handling landslides, cracks, and leaks; handling termite nest collapses; planting wave-breaking trees and renovating the dyke toe corridor. The dykes prioritized for repair are located in localities with high risks of natural disasters such as: Dong Trieu, Uong Bi, Ha Long, Mong Cai, Quang Yen, Tien Yen, Hai Ha.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee also requested the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to lead and direct the Provincial People's Committee to focus on directing departments, branches, agencies, units and localities according to their functions and tasks to continue to closely follow the situation, continue to seriously, promptly and effectively implement natural disaster prevention and rescue work in the area according to the motto "4 on-site" with the most proactive, timely and drastic spirit, suitable to the actual situation in the locality.

Implementing the direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee has requested localities and units in the province to proactively deploy measures to cope with natural disasters. Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, to proactively respond to natural disasters, localities and units in the province have prepared specific plans to prevent the impacts of extreme weather. In which, focusing on propaganda, mobilization, support for people to be proactive in production and have plans to ensure safety for families as well as crops and farming. Many units have proactively prepared plans to prevent natural disasters, such as: The Coal Industry has promptly directed units to attach importance to prevention, risk identification, proactively implement PCTT-TKCN according to the motto "3 before, 4 on-site" and "early, from afar, from the grassroots". To ensure maximum safety for production and people during the rainy and stormy season, the Coal industry has increased surprise inspections of the implementation of PCTT-TKCN tasks at units, focusing on checking the terrain surface at mining sites, in addition to the ground and terrain of the mine surface, surface water areas that are at risk of affecting ground and tunnel works as well as industrial premises, factories and architectural structures...

The Department of Construction has also proactively improved the PCTT-TKCN Command Board at units to ensure focus, unity, and response to tasks and requirements in the new situation; grasp the weather situation; direct agencies, units in the industry, and traffic infrastructure investors in the area to organize reviews, assessments, draw lessons and make specific plans and solutions to implement storm and flood prevention tasks. At the same time, strengthen inspection and assessment of the current status of road and inland waterway traffic infrastructure; identify vulnerable locations with high risk of landslides, propose solutions; check drainage systems to ensure drainage when there is heavy rain... In particular, for steep and vulnerable locations with the potential for landslides, management units review to repair damaged road surfaces; supplement, repair traffic cones, signs and develop traffic diversion plans, mobilize human resources, equipment and supplies, reserve materials at central locations, easy to get, easy to transport to be ready to respond to natural disasters with the goal of overcoming damage as quickly, effectively, safely and in accordance with regulations. For ongoing traffic projects, investors and contractors must develop specific, realistic plans to proactively prevent storms and floods; pay attention to drainage factors, handle slopes with high risk of landslides at construction sites near residential areas...

To proactively prepare plans to prevent natural disasters and extreme weather caused by storms and rains, all other localities in the province have been actively and proactively preparing plans and measures to respond, especially to the risks of flash floods and landslides. In particular, special attention is paid to prevention, proactive and quick response, and effective implementation of the motto "3 before", "4 on-site". Along with that, special attention is paid to checking, reviewing, and preparing plans to evacuate people from locations at high risk of flash floods and landslides; protecting key projects and vulnerable locations; ensuring security, order, traffic safety, maintaining smooth communication and maintaining strict reporting regimes; supplementing, preparing and mobilizing human resources, materials, equipment, necessities, etc.

With proactive and comprehensive measures, Quang Ninh is making every effort to minimize risks, protect development achievements and build a resilient community against all weather changes during the 2025 storm season.

Hoai Anh

Source: https://baoquangninh.vn/chu-dong-ung-pho-voi-dien-bien-cuc-doan-cua-thoi-tiet-3362288.html