Military planes and drones are ready to provide relief and access flooded and isolated areas when ordered.

The General Staff requested the Air Defense - Air Force, Corps 18, and Viettel to prepare helicopters and drones to be ready for rescue, transporting food, and accessing isolated areas and flooded areas when ordered.

Helicopters of the Air Defense - Air Force - Illustration photo: NAM TRAN

On October 7, the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army sent a telegram to military agencies and units on proactively responding to heavy rain and floods caused by storm No. 11 (storm Matmo).

Accordingly, agencies and units are required to continue to thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the telegrams of the Prime Minister and the General Staff on proactively responding to the risks of rain, floods, flash floods, and landslides due to the impact of storm No. 11.

Request the Commands of Military Regions 1, 2, 3, 4 to direct the Military Commands of the provinces and units under their control to proactively coordinate closely with local Party committees and authorities to continue mobilizing forces and means to support the government and people, carefully review each area, residential area, and dyke, promptly detect areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, deep flooding, proactively relocate and urgently evacuate households in low-lying areas, along rivers at high risk of flooding and landslides to safe places.

Direct the Military Commands of provinces affected by storms and floods and relevant agencies and units to mobilize forces, support and help people in flooded areas, evacuate to safe places, ensure stable lives of people; ensure absolute safety for forces participating in performing tasks.

Request the Air Defense - Air Force, Corps 18 to check, review plans, organize forces and vehicles to be ready to conduct search and rescue flights, transport food, provisions... to reach isolated areas and flooded areas when ordered by the Ministry of National Defense .

The General Departments: Logistics - Engineering, Defense Industry, General Department II, according to their functions and tasks, strengthen direction, urge, and inspect subordinate units to do a good job of overcoming the consequences of floods, landslides caused by storm No. 11 and storm circulation.

Organize inspections and ensure the safety of warehouses, factories, weapons and equipment; ensure good logistics and technical support for disaster response work; proactively coordinate the timely supply and transportation of rescue supplies and equipment to help localities respond and overcome consequences when situations occur.

Corps, arms, Commands: Hanoi Capital, 86, corps are ready with forces and means to proactively coordinate with local authorities and Party committees where they are stationed and where they carry out tasks to help localities overcome the consequences of natural disasters when requested.

The Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) proactively takes measures to ensure information in areas forecast to be at high risk of being cut off and isolated due to the impact of storms and floods, and coordinates with the Information and Communications Corps to ensure information connection and smooth communication between the central and local levels, and localities affected by storms and floods.

Request Viettel to send forces and vehicles (flycam) to coordinate with Military Regions 1, 2, 3, 4 to support localities in surveying vulnerable areas to promptly detect cracks, areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, and areas that are cut off and isolated in order to provide early warning and take timely preventive measures.

The General Staff requests units to organize implementation and report to the General Staff through the Ministry's Command and the Rescue Department before 2:00 p.m. every day for the Ministry of National Defense to monitor and direct.

NAM TRAN

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/may-bay-flycam-quan-doi-san-sang-cuu-tro-tiep-can-khu-vuc-lu-lut-co-lap-khi-co-lenh-20251007160212084.htm