Vice President visits Ha Tinh following storm Doksuri
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hailed authorities of central Ha Tinh province for directing efforts to minimise losses caused by the recent tropical storm Doksuri during a local working session on September 26.
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Before the arrival of the disaster, they urged vessels to anchor in safety ground and mobilised forces to work with farmers to promptly harvest summer-autumn crops.
Electricity and water supplies, communications services as well as schools have been temporarily restored.
The provincial authorities reported that two people were dead and 72 were injured following the disaster which unroofed 94,811 houses; destroyed 22km of dykes, canals and 66km of roads, damaged 1,649ha of vegetables and 944.3ha of fruit trees.
The total loss is estimated at over VND6.61 trillion (US$287.3 million).
The same day, Thinh and her entourage visited and presented gifts to family of a dead victim in Son Loc commune, Can Loc district and four others suffering serious losses in Ky Lac commune, Ky Anh district.
