Tran Cam Tu stressed that the storm and floods have caused severe damage and urged the Government to issue a resolution to conduct a comprehensive assessment and promptly implement remedial measures. He asked the Government Office to coordinate with the Office of the Central Party Committee to compile an initial report on the situation, results so far and proposed solutions for submission to the Politburo and the Secretariat.

He called on local authorities to urgently tally losses and ensure provision of safe drinking water, food and restoration of essential infrastructure; to avoid disrupting students’ schooling; and to prioritize disease prevention.  Tu urged the Vietnam Fatherland Front to step up fundraising and to ensure that cash assistance is disbursed promptly within five to seven days and no later than ten days.

In his address, PM Chinh said the heavy rains and floods had reached historic levels, causing extensive human and material losses that are still being assessed. He warned that inundation risks may persist and that more storms could occur before year-end.

He praised the efforts of ministries, localities and especially the armed forces and police, and called for more accurate forecasting and closer international coordination to ensure timely and effective response.

The cabinet leader instructed the Government Office and the Office of the Central Party Committee to consolidate and verify damage assessments, propose follow-up tasks, and arrange for senior Party and State leaders to visit and encourage affected communities.

As immediate measures, he ordered sympathetic and thorough assistance for families of the dead and missing and continued search operations for those unaccounted for. Authorities must mobilize all available resources to reach cut-off areas and deliver food, drinking water and medicine; where land or river access is impossible, air relief must be used. “Under no circumstances should anyone be left without food, clothing or shelter,” he emphasized.

He also called for increased deployment of military, police and youth volunteers to assist communities in cleaning up homes, restoring sanitation, and handling animal and plant carcasses that may cause pollution.

The Government will release national reserves as needed, assist people to repair damaged houses and rebuild collapsed homes, and arrange temporary accommodation, he said while reaffirming the commitment that no one will be left exposed to the elements.

He directed the central bank to carry out support policies to restore production and business operations. The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health should draw up lists of schools and health facilities that need urgent restoration so contingency funds can be used, with emergency procurement conducted transparently and localities required to guard against abuse and profiteering.

He directed the central bank to implement support policies to restore production and business activities. The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health were tasked with identifying schools and medical facilities requiring urgent restoration, enabling the use of contingency funds, with emergency procurement conducted transparently and local authorities instructed to prevent abuse and profiteering.

For the longer term, PM Chinh assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Ministry of Construction to guide adjustments to flood-control and irrigation planning in line with increasingly abnormal weather conditions, and to enable localities to proactively develop related projects. He also called for a review of equipment and storage facilities to ensure immediate deployment during emergencies, and for timely commendation of exemplary individuals and acts of bravery in disaster relief efforts.

Typhoon Matmo intensifies, forecast to bring heavy rain to six Vietnamese provinces

VOV.VN - Typhoon Matmo strengthened to level 12 winds (118-133 km/h), gusting to level 15 (over 170 km/h), moving west-northwest at about 25 km/h on the afternoon of October 4, and is forecast to hit the northern coast of Vietnam, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding risks to six provinces from Quang Ninh to Hung Yen in the coming days.