Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha inspected the work of overcoming consequences and giving gifts to flood victims in Cao Bang.

On the afternoon of October 8, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and a central working delegation inspected and directed the work of overcoming the consequences of floods in Cao Bang; visited and presented gifts to policy families and people suffering losses due to floods.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha inspects the flood and damage situation in Cao Bang . (Photo: Tien Dung, Cao Bang Newspaper)

In the two floods that occurred in late September and early October, Cao Bang province had 7 deaths and economic damage of 2,450 billion VND.

Of which, the second flood, which occurred on October 7 and 8, caused deep and widespread flooding like the flood in 1950, causing severe damage to people, infrastructure, production and business; 7,500 houses were flooded; more than 5,000 hectares of crops and vegetables; 23 bridges were washed away; on traffic routes, there were 236 landslides and flooding points, causing traffic jams... total damage of more than 1,500 billion VND.

In the area of ​​Group 2 Hop Giang, Thuc Phan Ward, the water level along the river was more than 5 meters high, causing the roofs of many level 4 houses to be flooded, and many high-rise buildings had water flooding the first floor up to the second floor. Preliminary statistics show that Thuc Phan Ward has about 5,000 houses flooded and damaged.

Implementing the "4 on-the-spot" motto, local Party committees, authorities and armed forces have mobilized maximum support forces to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

Inspecting and supervising the flood situation, damage, and work to help people and overcome the consequences of floods in Thuc Phan ward and Hoa An commune, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha paid special attention to the work of organizing relief and rescue, ensuring the lives and activities of flooded and isolated families, especially in remote areas; and performing the task of ensuring safety for people in floods and deep inundation.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha inquired about the health of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers affected by floods.

The Deputy Prime Minister commended Cao Bang province for effectively promoting the "4 on-the-spot" motto in rescue, relief, and support for people in natural disasters and hardships.

Listening to the local report on the actual lack of rubber boats and skilled personnel to operate canoes and rubber boats to serve the rescue work, rescue, and food supply, the Deputy Prime Minister commented that we are "lacking weapons to respond to natural disasters" and suggested that the locality overcome this, purchase more canoes and boats to serve the task of natural disaster prevention, and that the central professional agency support the locality in training local people in vehicle control skills.

Concerned about the difficulties and losses of the people, including 800 business households in 3 markets in Thuc Phan ward whose goods were swept away by water, causing a loss of nearly 100 billion VND, the Deputy Prime Minister directed Cao Bang province to make detailed statistics of the losses and propose practical policies to support people and business households, such as bank loans, debt cancellation and extension; tax exemption, tax reduction, and tax payment deferral to support families that suffered heavy losses due to natural disasters.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha directed Cao Bang province to do things immediately and well, which are to support people to stabilize and ensure their lives and living conditions, especially single-parent households and policy families; propose practical credit and tax support policies for business households that suffered heavy losses due to rains and floods; and support for renovation and repair for families with severely damaged houses.

Deputy Prime Minister presents gifts to people affected by floods in Cao Bang.

Visiting and giving gifts to policy families and people suffering losses due to natural disasters, the Deputy Prime Minister asked about their health and encouraged them to overcome difficulties and losses caused by floods.

MINH TUAN

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