According to Senior Colonel Le Trong The, Second-in-Command of the Yen Bai provincial Military Command, by August 9, the natural disaster had left three residents dead and affected 900 families. Meanwhile, a primary school in Xeo Di Ho village, Lao Chai commune, had the school gate and the cafeteria eroded; Ho Bon commune’s Primary and Secondary schools were also affected.
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Militiamen in Mu Cang Chai district are mobilized to help flood-hit people. |
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Moving property to safer place |
In addition, heavy rain caused severe landslides along National Road 32, leading to traffic congestion for many days.
According to Senior Colonel Le Trong The, after receiving the information, the Yen Bai provincial Military Command directed Mu Cang Chai district’s Military Command to work with local authorities to move local residents at risk to safer places.
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Preparing food supplies to support the victims in Mu Cang Chai district |
Besides, local authorities directed the armed forces to ensure political security and social order, and traffic safety in the district and mobilized militiamen to the scene to take measures to overcome the landslides’ consequences, while transporting food to the flood-hit victims.
Mu Cang Chai district’s Military Command also sent 12 troops and 280 militiamen to implement search and rescue missions in the three communes of Lao Chai, Khao Mang, and Ho Bon.
At 6:00 on August 10, in Khao Mang commune, 15 households were moved to safe places.
More than 120 militiamen from the communes of Che Cu Nha, Mo De, and De Xu Phinh, and six troops of the Mu Cang Chai ditrict’s Military Comand were present in Ho Bon commune to conduct search and rescue missions and overcome flood consequences.
On the same day, a mission of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, led by Deputy Director of the Department of Search and Rescue Major General La Dai Phong visited Yen Bai to grasp the situation and direct the provincial armed forces to support flood-hit victims.
Translated by Chung Anh