Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung inspected landslide recovery work and gave gifts to Quang Ngai people.

On the afternoon of October 30, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung inspected landslide recovery work in Thanh Bong and Tay Tra Bong communes, Quang Ngai province.

Also attending were Colonel Luong Dinh Chung, Political Commissar of Military Region 5 and leaders of central ministries and branches.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung inspected the landslide situation on the Tra Lam - Tra Hiep road in Thanh Bong commune.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung inspected the situation in Thanh Bong commune, Quang Ngai province.

Here, the Deputy Prime Minister requested local authorities to quickly mobilize forces and means to make initial repairs, soon reopen traffic routes, and not let people be isolated for too long.

Tra Lam - Tra Hiep route is being repaired

Thanh Bong Commune Party Secretary Ho Thi Van, representatives of the commune government and people received gifts from Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung.

The Deputy Prime Minister visited and presented gifts to the people of Group 5, Tra Xanh village, Thanh Bong commune, encouraging them to overcome difficulties and stabilize their lives.

Deputy Prime Minister visited and encouraged people of Thanh Bong commune to soon overcome difficulties.

Next, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung also visited and presented gifts to people at the evacuation point of Huong Tra Kindergarten No. 1, Tay Tra Bong commune.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung also visited the evacuation point of Huong Tra Kindergarten No. 1, Tay Tra Bong commune.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that the top priority in responding to natural disasters is to ensure absolute safety for the people. Local authorities need to proactively plan to evacuate people in areas at risk of landslides and floods to safe places. Focus on reviewing, planning, and arranging resettlement areas so that people in areas at risk of landslides in high mountains can move to safer new places and stabilize their lives.

According to statistics from the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province, by October 30, on national and provincial highways managed and authorized by the Department of Construction, there were more than 200 landslides, soil and rock spilled onto the road surface, and damaged drainage ditches along national highways, provincial roads and intersections.

On October 29, 95 villages/16 communes and wards were flooded, with 5,200 houses of people flooded.

In 3 days (from October 27 to 29), localities relocated and evacuated 977 households/3,662 people in areas at high risk of landslides, flash floods to safe places. The total damage caused by floods in Quang Ngai province is preliminarily estimated at 314.7 billion VND.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/pho-thu-tuong-ho-quoc-dung-kiem-tra-cong-tac-khac-phuc-sat-lo-tang-qua-nguoi-dan-quang-ngai-post820897.html