Provincial military ready to respond to storm No. 3

(Baonghean.vn)-Afternoon of September 16, in Hanoi Capital, The Ministry of National Defense held an online conference to deploy tasks to respond to storm No. 3. The conference was attended by connecting points of agencies and units throughout the army. General Phung Quang Thanh - Member of the Politburo, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense chaired the conference.

Colonel Ha Tan Tien, Commander of the Provincial Military Command, chaired the Nghe An bridge.

General Phung Quang Thanh chaired the conference.

The Minister of National Defense emphasized: Flood and storm prevention is an especially important task, which can be considered a combat mission of the Army in peacetime, therefore, agencies and units need to promote the highest sense of responsibility in proactively responding to storm No. 3.

The Minister commended a number of agencies and units for proactively deploying response tasks before the storm, organizing well the on-duty and combat duty regime, closely monitoring the storm's developments, proactively preparing forces and means, ready to respond and rescue people; Agencies and units in other localities are ready to mobilize forces, proactively prevent flash floods and heavy rains causing flooding after the storm...

Colonel Ha Tan Tien presided at Nghe An bridge point

In Nghe An, from the morning of September 16, the Provincial Military Command proactively deployed working groups to inspect and direct the response to storm No. 3 in localities in the province; closely coordinated with the Provincial Border Guard and relevant agencies to call on fishing boats to take shelter from the storm safely; deployed agencies and units to organize on-duty and combat duty, grasp the storm's developments and the local situation, especially coastal units and Mat Island and Ngu Island; well organized forces and means to reinforce houses and warehouses to be ready to respond, help people prevent and overcome the consequences of natural disasters in all directions...

Phong Quang - Van Dong

Provincial Military Command

* Also on September 16, the Border Guard Command of Nghe An province sent working groups to inspect storm prevention work No. 3 in coastal districts and towns.

Colonel Nguyen Dinh Duc - Deputy Commander inspects flood prevention work in Hoang Mai

According to reports from coastal border units, by 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, September 16, border units had called on nearly 4,000 vessels with over 18,000 workers operating at sea to safely ashore to avoid the storm. Currently, vessels in Nghe An have received notice of the location and direction of the storm to proactively avoid it.

The Border Guard Stations and Stations under the Nghe An Border Guard Command have coordinated with the locality, the families of the ship owners and captains to notify the vehicles to move to safe storm shelters. Organize forces and vehicles to be ready to prevent storms and floods, and search and rescue with 100% of the personnel.

Nghe An Border Guard Command directed units on the two border lines of the province to proactively review and be ready to deploy plans to prevent heavy rains causing floods and landslides, ensuring safety for people; strictly maintain shifts according to regulations, ensure forces and vehicles are ready to mobilize to perform tasks when ordered, in order to minimize possible damage caused by storms and floods.

Hai Thuong

Nghe An Border Guard