The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh has allocated more than 23 billion VND (933,820 USD) to the activities in support of the people hit by recent Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent flooding to overcome natural disaster consequences, while mobilising forces to help them clean flooded houses and stabilise their life.
Authorities help repair an unroofed house in Hoa Binh commune, Hoa Binh city.
Stabilising people’s life
Due to heavy rains and thunderstorms caused by Yagi, the third storm in the East Sea this year, the roof of the house of Nguyen Thi Hien's family in Thang hamlet, Hoa Binh commune of Hoa Binh city, was completely blown off. After the storm, with support from the provincial police, the shock force of Hoa Binh commune helped Hien's family re-roof their house and resume their normal life.
A mountainous area, Doc Lap commune in Hoa Binh city suffered heavy damage due to the storm. The main road to the commune centre was eroded in many places. In particular, a volume of more than 3,000 cu.m of rock and soil slid to the commune People's Committee headquarters and the commune cultural house, forcing water and mud into the working rooms. The commune People's Committee immediately mobilised personnel to move all assets, equipment, and documents to safe places and urgently cleaned up the working rooms. By now, the buildings have been able to operate normally.
Resuming normal operations is also the common state of people in Hoa Binh city currently thanks to local authorities’ efforts to overcoming natural disaster aftermaths, evacuating people from areas with high risks of landslides, and helping local residents to clean houses and reroof.
To date, 185 local households have returned to their houses, and schools, medical stations, and production facilities been fully restored after the storm.
Hoang Dinh Trang, Vice Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the locality has mobilised nearly 9,000 people and nearly 6,000 military and public security officers and soldiers to support locals in evacuation, house repair and tidying up fallen trees to ensure people's lives after natural disasters.
The provincial People's Committee has allocated 23 billion VND (934,920 USD) from the provincial budget reserve in 2024 to support localities affected by natural disasters, and the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, over 500 million VND from relief funds and 11.7 tonnes of rice to support the families of the deceased and injured victims and households affected by natural disasters.
Efforts to support affected households continued
Prolonged torrential rains following the storm have continued to cause high risk of landslides and land subsidence in many places, including Rang village, Cao Son commune, Da Bac district, prompting local authorities to evacuate 30 households with 126 people to safer places.
Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Da Bac People’s Committee, said that the locality has mobilised mud suction machines and equipment to clear roads and houses.
So far, 470 households across the district have returned to their home and resumed production, he said, adding that the locality is seeking locations to build resettlement areas for affected households.
Meanwhile, Rai village in Tuan Dao commune of Lac Son district has seen land subsidence that has damaged several houses and threatened 111 households with 539 people. So far, 60 households with 278 people have been evacuated.
Bui Van Linh, Chairman of the Lac Son People's Committee, said that currently, the lives of the relocated households are basically stable. However, they cannot return to their ruined old places of residence. Therefore, the district has closely coordinated with departments and sectors to arrange resettlement so that the households can live stably.
Statistics showed that Hoa Binh has 540 households with more than 1,700 people that need support to settle down after being hit by landslides following Typhoon Yagi. The provincial People’s Committee has directed districts and Hoa Binh city to examine residential areas to detect risks of landslides, flash flood, and flooding, thus allocating forces and vehicles to evacuate residents to safer places.
The piggy bank campaign has been carried out widely in Cao Phong district for years, showing efficacy in promoting education in the locality.
Lac Son district has made significant progress in promoting gender equality and women's advancement in areas such as politics, economy, labor, health care, and education.
During the two days, October 9 - 10, the Association of the Elderly of Hoa Binh province coordinated with the Help Age International in Vietnam (HAI) to organize a preliminary review and additional training for the club's Board of Directors. Ministries, the Elderly Associations at all levels, and the related parties have a club established in 2024 under the project "Supporting disadvantaged elderly through replicating Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs in Vietnam phase 2 (VIE085)”.
The organising board of the 2024 Hoa Binh technical innovation competition for youngsters and children held a ceremony on October 8 to summarise and honour winners, and launch the competition for 2025.
The local breeds like Ri chickens, black pigs, and other indigenous livestock are being prioritized for the development by many farmers in the province. This is seen as a fitting approach to harnessing the local potential and advantages, and it is bringing the tangible economic benefits.
In recent years, Cao Phong district has made continuous efforts to improve the quality of education and training (E&T), creating the significant highlights in the educational sector. With the synchronized solutions and a focus on resource investment, the district has achieved encouraging results.
