Focus on flood prevention, flash floods, landslides in the North

(Chinhphu.vn) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 189/CD-TTg dated October 7, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on preventing and combating floods, flash floods, landslides in the North.

The water level of Cau River at Gia Bay Bridge is rising at a high level. Photo: Quoc Tung

The Prime Minister sent a telegram to the Chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and cities in the Northern region (Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Bac Ninh, Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang, Phu Tho, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Son La, Lai Chau, Dien Dien, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa); Ministers of the Ministries of National Defense, Public Security, Agriculture and Environment, Industry and Trade, Education and Training; Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee.

According to the report of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on October 7, 2025, the circulation of storm No. 11 caused heavy to very heavy rain in the Northern region and Thanh Hoa, especially in Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, Lang Son and Hanoi , the total rainfall in many places was about 300-400mm, in some places over 560mm; on the Cau River , there was an especially large flood, the water level in Thai Nguyen at 5:00 p.m. on October 7, 2025 exceeded alert level 3 by about 2.37m, about 0.56m higher than the historical flood in 2024 and continued to rise; flooding occurred in Bac Ninh , Lang Son, Cao Bang, especially in Thai Nguyen ; floods on the Thai Binh River system are rising, posing a risk to the safety of the dike system.

Deploying dike protection work, ensuring safety of dikes, reservoirs and dams

To ensure the safety of people's lives and limit property damage, the Prime Minister requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of Thai Nguyen, Lang Son, Bac Ninh, Cao Bang provinces and other localities in the Thai Binh River basin, especially Cau River and Thuong River, to proactively coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security to immediately deploy urgent measures to prevent and combat floods at the alarm level, focusing on reviewing deeply flooded areas, areas at risk of landslides, flash floods, and flash floods to proactively evacuate residents (especially the elderly, children, and vulnerable groups) from dangerous areas, ensuring the safety of people's lives first and foremost; deploy dyke protection work, ensure the safety of dykes, dams, and mobilize maximum possible forces, means, and materials to promptly handle incidents from the first hour; By all means, reach deeply flooded and isolated areas to promptly provide food relief to households at risk of famine, absolutely do not let people go hungry or thirsty.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment organizes monitoring, forecasting, and promptly providing information on flood and rain situations to competent authorities, localities, and the People to proactively direct and deploy response according to regulations; directs the work of preventing and combating floods, flash floods, landslides according to functions, tasks, and authority; directs the implementation of dike protection work, ensuring dike safety, operating inter-reservoirs, ensuring the safety of irrigation dams, etc.

The Minister of Industry and Trade proactively directs the work of ensuring the safety of hydroelectric reservoirs, ensuring safe electricity supply in flooded areas; closely coordinates with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and relevant localities in the inter-reservoir operation to ensure absolute safety of hydroelectric reservoirs, contributing to reducing floods downstream.

Ready forces, vehicles, food and provisions to support the people

Ministers of the Ministries of National Defense and Public Security direct military and police forces stationed in the area to prepare necessary forces, vehicles, materials, equipment, food, and provisions, coordinate with competent agencies and local forces to deploy support for people in flood prevention and control, search and rescue, and overcome the consequences of natural disasters as quickly as possible according to local requests.

Ministers and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities in the Northern region, according to their functions and authority, continue to closely monitor and regularly update the situation, focus on directing the timely, effective and synchronous implementation of measures to prevent and combat floods, flash floods, landslides according to the direction of the Politburo and Official Dispatches No. 186/CD-TTg dated October 4, 2025, 188/CD-TTg dated October 6, 2025 of the Prime Minister; promptly report to competent authorities for direction on handling issues beyond their authority. Relevant ministries, branches and localities report daily results to the Minister and Head of the Government Office before 3:00 p.m. every day for synthesis and reporting to competent authorities.

The Prime Minister assigned Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to continue directing relevant ministries, branches and localities to closely monitor the situation and promptly implement measures to prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of floods.

The Government Office, according to its assigned functions and tasks, shall monitor and urge the implementation of this Official Dispatch; promptly report to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in charge on urgent and arising issues./.

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