Nghe An: Highlights on September 30

*There are no complete statistics on the extent of damage caused by floods, but according to many residents of Hoang Mai town, this flood has causedMany families' properties were submerged.

Rising floodwaters have caused 8/10 wards and communes in Hoang Mai town to be deeply submerged. Currently, many localities have been completely isolated by floodwaters; travel and movement are very difficult.

The flood water rose rapidly due to heavy rain but also partly due to the flood discharge of Vuc Mau Lake.

Many areas in Hoang Mai town were flooded. Photo: FB: Ho Tien

*Meanwhile, two days after the heavy rain,Many villages in Thanh Chuong district are still submerged in water.

Although it is raining lightly in Thanh Chuong today, many areas are still flooded. The cause is determined to be the release of floodwater from upstream hydroelectric plants. Mr. Nguyen Khanh Thanh - Secretary of Thanh Xuan Commune Party Committee said that this flood has caused 63 households in the commune to be flooded, 150 households were forced to move to safety.

In Dung town area, many houses are still flooded up to the roof.

* As of the morning of September 30, in the province, there are 8 hydroelectric plants and 2 irrigation lakes.flood discharge operation. The flood discharge is said to be in accordance with regulations and has a decreasing trend. However, the weather is still very complicated, so we cannot be subjective.

Hydropower plants that have been and are discharging floodwaters include: Khe Bo Hydropower Plant, Chi Khe Hydropower Plant, Ban Ang Hydropower Plant, Chau Thang Hydropower Plant, Song Quang Hydropower Plant, Hua Na Hydropower Plant, Ban Coc Hydropower Plant, and Nhan Hac Hydropower Plant.

Khe Bo Hydropower Reservoir is operating to discharge floodwater (photo taken at 9:42). Photo: Provided by Tam Quang Commune People's Committee

*As of the afternoon of September 30, due to the impact of storm No. 4, 6 people have died in Nghe An province. Notably, on the afternoon of September 29, a couple in Nghi Lam commune (Nghi Loc)swept away by the currentGrief now surrounds the home of three orphaned children.

Nguyen Ty Hy and Nguyen Thi Thuy Tien with their relatives at their parents' funeral. Photo: Minh Quan.

*Quynh Luu is also a district that has been heavily flooded in the past two days. To promptly share, encourage and support people to overcome difficulties caused by the impact of floods,The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union visitedand support drinking water and necessities for households in Quynh Luu district.

Provincial Youth Union Secretary Le Van Luong visited, encouraged, and provided drinking water and instant noodles to people in areas isolated by floods in Quynh Hong commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Nghe An Provincial Youth Union

* Also in Quynh Luu district, today, relief teams organized into many groups to wade into each household todistribution of food, medicine... for the people.

The relief team of Quynh Hong commune approached the flooded area to distribute food to the people. Photo: Viet Hung

*On the morning of September 30, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation organizedConference to collect comments on the draft Law on Anti-Money Laundering(modify).

The Law on Anti-Money Laundering has a structure of 4 chapters and 63 articles. Opinions suggest that it is necessary to re-examine the interpretation of terms, making them easy to understand, concise, and avoiding overlapping with terms in other laws; continue to review related contents in a number of new-generation trade agreements to which Vietnam is a member to ensure compatibility, consistency, and uniformity; review regulations that are internalized according to international standards to ensure constitutionality, legality, and conformity with institutions and socio-economic conditions.

In the afternoon of the same day, delegates gave comments on the draft Law on Petroleum.

View of the conference to collect comments on the draft Law on Petroleum (amended). Photo: My Nga