Deploying urgent measures to overcome consequences of typhoon Yagi

Overview of the conference at Bac Ninh’s venue.

Participants at the conference at Bac Ninh’s venue were Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee (PPC) and Head of the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies; Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the PPC and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; and leaders of the Provincial People’s Committee.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that typhoon Yagi is the strongest storm in the East Sea in the past 30 years, making landfall for a long time and causing heavy damage.

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, on the morning of September 8, typhoon Yagi weakened into a low-pressure area in the mountainous areas of the Northeast. There is a high risk of flooding on rivers and streams, flash floods and landslides in some localities, so they must take special response measures.

PM Chinh required the ministries, branches and localities to first focus on rescuing people, checking and searching for missing people; treating the injured. At the same time, the functional agencies need to overcome problems in electricity, water, telecommunications and other areas for leadership, direction, production and business, and people's lives.

For solutions, the PM requested Party committees and authorities at all levels, relevant ministries and sectors to proactively and actively carry out tasks to overcome the consequences of the typhoon according to their assigned functions, tasks and powers. Relevant agencies must continue to maintain forecasting and communication work, pay attention to information and instructions on disaster response skills.

“In particular, localities must immediately compile statistics and immediately issue reserve rice, as much as needed. It is important to compile accurate and transparent statistics to avoid negative incidents”, Chinh stressed.

He called on people, businesses, agencies, localities and enterprises that did not suffer damage to support those that suffered damage, promoting the tradition of mutual love and support of our nation.