Front provides emergency relief to victims of floods and landslides in Northern provinces

The Front held a meeting to review the damage situation in the northern mountainous provinces, under the chair of VFF President Tran Thanh Man, in Hanoi, on June 27.

Accordingly, the VFF has decided to provide Ha Giang and Lai Chau VND1 billion each to alleviate the local people’s losses.

Man assigned Hau A Lenh, his Vice President and VFF Secretary General, to directly inspect the relief work in the two localities.

The VFF President informed those present that there are many organisations and enterprises that have expressed their wish to organise donations to support the victims.

He urged the relevant authorities to effectively use resources for remedial work in order to avoid wastefulness and improper use, while maximising the nation’s fine tradition of unity and support for each other in distress.

Local VFF units should continue to follow the situation to timely report any changes to the VFF Central Committee for appropriate support.

The local authorities were asked to regularly update information on allocating goods, financial support and other resources to the victims’ families.

A landslide buried 24/28 houses in San Tung hamlet, Ta Ngao commune, Lai Chau province’s Sin Ho district. (Photo: NDO)

The latest statistics from the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control show that up to 22 people have died and nine others have gone missing due to the flash floods and landslides, triggered by the torrential rains in the northern mountainous provinces, as of 6pm on June 27.

Lai Chau province suffered the heaviest losses in human life with 16 residents being killed, followed by Ha Giang, with five dead persons and Quang Ninh with one deceased victim.

Preliminary statistics show that the floods and landslides destroyed 124 houses, damaged 597 homes and submerged 1,500 others.

In addition, more than 1,200 hectares of rice and crops were inundated or destroyed, while 46 hectares of aquaculture were damaged and 196 cattle heads and over 5,900 poultry were killed.

Traffic on many road sections in the provinces was interrupted as they were eroded or submerged.

Total damage was estimated at VND457.8 billion (US$19.5 million), including VND122 billion in Ha Giang, VND314 billion in Lai Chau and the remainder in the neighbouring provinces.