Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung orders comprehensive measures in response to natural disasters. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – A set of comprehensive measures must be carried out inresponse to natural disasters to ensure safety for both local residents andtheir assets, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on July 16.
At a conference held by the National Steering Committee on Natural DisasterPrevention and Control (NDPC), Deputy PM Dung stressed that solutions for dealingwith tropical low pressures that often develop into storms must be wellprepared to minimise human and asset losses.
Ministries, branches, and localities should make plans and arrange resources tocarry out the Government’s Resolution No.76/NQ-CP dated June 18, 2018 onnatural disaster prevention and climate change adaptation, as well as DirectiveNo.19/CT-TTg dated July 13, 2018 on preventive measures against flash floodsand landslides in the northern provinces.
Dung ordered the NDPC, in collaboration with the Steering Committee on Searchand Rescue, to establish inspection groups at localities – especially thosebadly hit by natural calamities – to examine preventive measures; search andrescue vehicles; dyke safety; and important infrastructure such as electricity,roads, hospitals, and schools.
Localities should channel more efforts in swiftly addressing the aftermath ofthe June 23-26 floods in the north, he said, agreeing to arrange money tosupport flood-struck areas.
Amid the complex development of natural disasters, the Government has required theinstallation of disaster warning equipment and forecasting systems in alllocalities to give prompt warning to authorities and residents, particularlythose in mountainous and remote areas, he explained.-VNA
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