HA NOI — Authorities and health clinics in flood-hit areas have been ordered to promptly deal with water pollution and other health threats to enable residents to regain their lifestyles.
Coaches and buses have also been called in to transport passengers in sections of the North-South railway that have been inundated or swept away.
Central region authorities were asked by the Viet Nam Environment Administration to sterilise public places, such as hospitals, health clinics and schools, with sprays to kill mosquitoes and prevent post-flood diseases.
They were also told to strengthen food hygiene and safety inspections in problem areas now that further threats from Storm Megi are unlikely.
| Donations for flood victims can be transferred to Viet Nam News via account numbers 001.1.37.2310047 for US dollars and 001.1.00.2310028 for Vietnamese dong at the Vietcombank. All the money will be transferred to the Viet Nam Fatherland Front and used to support flood victims. |
In turn, flood-hit residents have been instructed to collect rubbish, bury dead cattle and poultry far from water sources and sterilise their wells and breeding facilities as soon as the flood retreats.
The Environmental Protection Fund has provided VND2.1 billion (US$107,100) to help clean up Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces.
The latest report from the National Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Prevention and Control shows that flooding in the central region has left 76 people dead, six missing and 42 injured.
More than 230 communes were still submerged and 90 low-lying communes isolated. Rescue teams have managed to supply food and clean water to all affected areas.
Most flooded roads have now been cleared and re-opened for vehicles.
Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecast Centre, said Storm Megi was not likely to cause any further harm to Viet Nam and people should therefore concentrate on overcoming the consequences of the floods.
The storm is forecast to move north at a speed of between five and 10kph and be over China's Guangdong Province for the next 48 to 72 hours.
About VND11 billion ($561,000), plus clothing, foodstuffs and medical supplies have been donated to support flood victims in Nghe An Province, where houses, livestock and crops worth more than VND1.7 trillion ($86.7 million) were swept away by floods.
Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina Viet Nam donated 21,000 cartons of milk worth more than VND4 billion (US$205,100) to flood victims in the provinces of Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien-Hue. — VNS
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