Localities in the central region have tightened COVID-19 prevention and control measures, and simultaneously created conditions for residents to return to their hometowns for lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations.
Death toll from the devastating floods that are hitting central Vietnam has risen to nine, while nearly 60,000 houses have been submerged, according to the National Steering Committee on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control at a meeting on December 1.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has allocated nearly 39 tonnes of maize and vegetable seeds from national reserves to certain central provinces, to help them recover farming after the recent devastating floods.
The Director of the Traffic Police Department on October 26 urged traffic police units in central provinces to take the initiative in responding to Storm 9.
The Office of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on October 23 issued and sent a dispatch requiring all relevant public security units to proactively respond to storm No.8.
The provincial polices of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh deployed a large number officers and soldiers to help people in localities hit by the recent tornado and floods overcome their difficulties.
PSNews - 500 gratitude houses, worth some 25 billion VND, were presented to policy families in the five Central provinces, of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa.
Efforts to stabilise lives, production and business of people in central provinces affected by the Formosa-related marine environmental incident have paid off and local residents have put more trust in the Party and authorities, and united with each other to address the incident, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Continuous heavy rain since November 19 evening worsened the inundation in lowland areas in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri, with three people reported dead.
PSNews – The Provincial-Level Committees of Climate Change Response, Natural Disaster Prevention and Rescue (Directing Board) under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), Fire Police Departments from Ha Tinh to Quang Binh and various relevant agencies received urgent dispatch No.13 on preparation for tropical depressions, heavy rains and floods.
PSNews- Typhoon Doksuri (storm no.10) making a landfall to several Central provinces on September 15 has caused a huge human and material loss, according to report by the Steering Committee for National Disaster Prevention and Control.
PSNews - The authorities of the four Central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue have basically completed the compensation payment to victims affected by the marine pollution incident caused by Taiwan (China)’s Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation.
Nearly one year after a marine environmental incident occurred in central Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces, efforts and actions are being made to bring the calm sea back for the region.
PSNews-The Youth Union chapter of the Provincial Police Force of Binh Dinh in cooperation with the Mobile Police Regiment - E23 (under the MPS) and district-level police forces organized a “Voluntary Saturday” to help local people in the districts of Tay Son, Hoai Nhon, Phu My and An Nhon town overcome damages caused by the recent floods.
PSNews – A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security led by its Deputy Minister, Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam on December 19 visited and presented gifts to Phu Yen and Binh Dinh provinces, joining the two province in overcoming consequences of the recent natural disasters.
Vietnam’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has discovered a small population of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus in the tourist town of Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa.
Thua Thien - Hue — Three people died and two others have been reported missing in Vietnam’s central provinces after a low tropical depression made impact Thursday.
