Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh directed flood response in Ha Tinh

On the morning of October 31, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh was present in Vung Ang Ward ( Ha Tinh Province) to inspect flood response work and direct the evacuation of people from flooded areas. Accompanying him were Ha Tinh Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Lam and leaders of the province's departments and branches.

Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh inspected flood response work in Vung Ang Ward.

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Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh inspected heavily flooded areas in Vung Ang Ward, visited evacuated people and encouraged frontline forces.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the leaders of Ha Tinh province and local authorities to urgently complete the evacuation work, ensuring absolute safety for people's lives; not allowing any people to lack food or water at flood shelters.

Authorities evacuated people in flooded areas in Vung Ang Ward to safety.

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The Deputy Prime Minister noted that local authorities must have a firm grasp of the situation of each household, especially the elderly, children, and pregnant women. They must respond promptly and ensure smooth communication in all situations.

Speaking with Thanh Nien reporter , Mr. Nguyen The Anh, Chairman of Vung Ang Ward People's Committee, said that from the afternoon of October 30 until this morning, the ward authorities, with the support of the police and army, had evacuated nearly 500 households with more than 1,500 people in the flooded area to safe shelters.

"Currently, the locality is continuing to mobilize maximum forces and means to soon complete the evacuation of people in low-lying areas," Mr. Anh said.

According to the report of the Ha Tinh Province Civil Defense Command, heavy rains lasting from October 30 to noon today have caused hundreds of households in communes and wards in the southern part of the province to have floodwaters infiltrate their houses, causing flooding of 0.5 - 2 meters. The rains and floods also caused some traffic routes to be deeply flooded, causing landslides on the slopes, causing traffic jams.