
Implementing the Prime Minister 's Official Dispatch No. 143 CD-TTg dated August 23, 2025 on focusing on emergency response to storm No. 5, on August 24, the Department of Rescue and Relief (General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army) issued Document No. 2887/CHCN-DH on deploying the Government's Forward Command Center to serve online command and control of response to storm No. 5.
The Department of Rescue and Relief (Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee) requested the Department of Administration, the Department of Administrative Procedure Control ( Office of the Government ), the Central Post Office (Ministry of Science and Technology) to coordinate with the Department of Rescue and Relief, the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) and relevant agencies and units to deploy the connection of the online television system from a meeting room for the Government's direction and operation to the Government's Forward Command Center to serve the online direction and operation of responding to storm No. 5, located at the Military Region 4 Command (Vinh city, Nghe An province), ready to move to the Military Command areas of the provinces: Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Hue city.
Military Region 4 prepares a meeting room as the Government's (and the Ministry of National Defense's) forward command post to serve the online command and operation of storm No. 5 response at the Ministry. At the same time, direct the Military Region's General Staff, the Military Commands of Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri provinces and Hue city to coordinate with Viettel Group, the Information and Communications Corps, and the Central Post Office to ensure the arrangement of online meeting rooms, television or LED screen equipment, microphones, and sound systems to connect video conferences to the Government Office, the Department of Rescue and related points according to the scenarios of movement and landing of storm No. 5.
In addition, organize and assign staff to participate in ensuring the composition and quantity of service for the Forward Command Center.
The Department of Operations (General Staff) and the Communications Corps coordinated with the Department of Rescue and Relief, Viettel Group, the Central Post Office, and relevant agencies and units to direct the assurance of military communications infrastructure and support civil communications to serve the establishment and operation of the Government's Forward Command Center (and the Ministry of National Defense) to direct and operate online response to storm No. 5 at the Military Region 4 Command, the Military Commands of the provinces: Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Hue city.
Along with that, the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) coordinated with the Department of Rescue - Relief, the Information and Communications Corps, the Central Post Office, and relevant agencies and units to ensure internet connection (with backup); Flycam system for recording and broadcasting in the field, equipment (server with multi-point control software installed, codec or computer with online conference software installed, camera, omnidirectional microphone, TV, accompanying auxiliary equipment, transmission lines, mobile communication vehicles, iPad, laptop, etc.) to serve the establishment of the Government and Ministry of National Defense's Forward Command Center at the bridge points of Military Region 4 Command, the National Search and Rescue Operation Center (Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee) and the bridge points of the Military Commands of the provinces: Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue city, ready to implement online operation scenarios of the Government and the Prime Minister in storm response work.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 1:00 p.m. on August 24 , the center of storm No. 5 was located at about 17.4 degrees north latitude, 110.3 degrees east longitude, in the sea northwest of Hoang Sa special zone, about 520 km from Nghe An, about 500 km from Ha Tinh, and 430 km north of Quang Tri. The strongest wind near the center of the storm is level 13 (134 - 149 km/h), gusting to level 15; moving west at a speed of about 20 km/h and is likely to strengthen further.
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