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Thai Thi Duong, 82, is rescued by a soldier in Quang Binh's Minh Hoa District. More than 3,400 homes in the district are still deep under water. — VNA/VNS Photo Duy Hung-Manh Thanh |
In this region, 19 people were injured and 18 are still missing. Quang Binh Province is the hardest hit area with 33 deaths, 11 missing and 11 injured.
The river water levels from Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces continue to subside but 35 communes in six districts of Ha Tinh, 106 communes in six districts of Quang Binh and 1,450 houses in Thua Thien-Hue remain flooded.
As many as 41 ships with 260 fishermen aboard sank or were damaged.
Border guards at these localities informed more than 45,100 vessels and rafts with 203,414 people aboard, but failed to contact 29 boats with 204 fishermen aboard in Quang Binh province.
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Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai (first left) visits flood victims in Ha Tinh Province's Phuong My Commune and hands out relief aid. — VNA/VNS Photo Cong Tuong |
They urged local authorities to mobilise all available resources to aid the victims and ensure that no one was without food.
The province should focus on providing food and water for people in affected areas and take measures to clean the environment and treat diseases brought on by the floods, Hai said.
Around 900 houses in mountainous areas and valleys in Minh Hoa and Tuyen Hoa districts of Quang Binh remained submerged with thousands of people calling for help from their rooftops, said head of Air Force Division No 372's Regiment No C54 Nguyen Viet Hung.
So far 9,000 households in Ha Tinh, 5,000 in Quang Tri and 550 in Thua Thien-Hue have been relocated to safer areas.
A range of emergency aid measures are being undertaken. The Government has provided Ha Tinh with VND100 billion (US$5.1 million) in aid and 1,000 tonnes of rice.
The Ministry of National Defence sent seven helicopters carrying tonnes of goods, including instant noodles and clean water, for people in isolated areas in Quang Binh and transported people out of flooded areas. The ministry also sent two naval boats to search for missing vessels.
The Ministry of Health supplied provinces from Nghe An to Thua Thien-Hue with medicine and life-jackets. The Viet Nam Fatherland Front planned to provide VND1.5 billion ($76,500) in aid for the provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien-Hue. The National Centre for Clean Water and Rural Sanitation has provided chemicals to help affected provinces treat contaminated water.
The Ministry of Transport quickly repaired damaged roads and National Highway 1A was completely cleared, leaving only two areas of the Ho Chi Minh Road that crosses Quang Binh blocked.
Yesterday, Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former Party General Secretaries Do Muoi and Le Kha Phieu and leaders and officials of the Party Central Committee Office raised funds to help flood victims.
President Nguyen Minh Triet, former President Tran Duc Luong, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and former Vice President Truong My Hoa and leaders and officers of the President's Office also worked to raise funds on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Prime Ministers Nguyen Sinh Hung, Truong Vinh Trong and Pham Gia Khiem and leaders and officers of the Government Office did the same yesterday.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan attended the launch of a fundraising campaign held by the Ministry of Education and Training yesterday.
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union raised VND116 million for flood victims. — VNS
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