October 21, 2017 | 22:02 (GMT+7)
Military unit conducts practice for coming storms
PANO – The Ho Chi Minh Municipal People's Committee, in cooperation with military units stationed in the area, conducted a civilian exercise to prepare for potential future storms, on October 20 in Can Gio district.
Nearly 600 vehicles and people from affiliated units of Military Region 7, Ho Chi Minh City Military Command and Border Guard Command, Division 370 of the Air Defense and Air Force Service, Coast Guard Region 3, other departments and sectors and local people of the district took part in the exercise.
Accordingly, the forces were deployed to conduct natural disaster prevention and search and rescue mission at three levels: city, district, and ward-commune-township, signaling for boats to take refuge, anchoring ships, evacuating people, and carrying out humanitarian relief.
The exercise aimed to raise public’s awareness of emergency situations occurring during natural disasters.
Translated by Minh Anh