Many 'barefoot billionaires' in Nghe An lost everything overnight due to severe floods

Late on October 29, floodwaters hit the chicken farm of Mr. Nguyen Duy Diep's family (28 years old), residing in Thanh Phong commune (Thanh Chuong). He quickly called his relatives to help, however, there were not enough people and everyone in the village had to worry about the flood, so the 13,000 chickens of Mr. Dien's family were submerged in the flood. Looking at the chickens he had worked hard to rescue all night, huddled together, then one by one died on the floor, Mr. Diep shed tears.

The chickens of Mr. Nguyen Duy Diep's family (28 years old), residing in Thanh Phong commune (Thanh Chuong) were all swept away by the flood. Photo: Tan Yen - Van Ly

It is known that in early 2020, Nguyen Duy Diep bought 13,000 chickens to raise. He took advantage of the vacant land in the farm to raise 5,000 more pomfret fish. "At the end of October, I also thought there would be no more floods. Now the chickens are about 2.5 kg each, expected to be sold in a few weeks" - Mr. Diep said sadly. On the evening of October 29, he went to the chicken coop to check around as usual. Seeing heavy rain, he slept at the farm to prepare for any unexpected events. But still not in time for everything...

The fruit tree and poultry farm of Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hien in Dong Hoa hamlet, Thanh Hoa commune (Thanh Chuong) was also almost empty-handed due to the flood. Photo: Van Ly

In general, Thanh Chuong is a locality that suffered quite heavy damage after the flood. The chicken farm of Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hien's family in Dong Hoa hamlet, Thanh Hoa commune had 3,000 chickens swept away by the flood, causing damage of about 300 million VND. Some fruit trees were severely damaged.

Also after just one night of flooding, about 10,000 chickens of Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nhan's family in Hamlet 2, Nghi Hung (Nghi Loc) were swept away by the flood just 2 weeks before being sold. When this image was shared, it received a lot of attention from the online community... Just last week, Mr. Nhan was focusing on taking care of his chickens with the hope of having revenue to pay off his debts and re-produce after the C.Ovid-19.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nhan's chicken farm in Hamlet 2, Nghi Hung (Nghi Loc) was completely destroyed after a flood swept through the farm overnight. Photo: PV

In Vinh city, there are many farms raising shrimp, fish and ducks.outside Hung Hoa dikealso lost everything. According to Vinh city statistics, 177 hectares of shrimp and fish were lost, of which 112 hectares were shrimp and 65 hectares were fish. Some households lost a lot, such as Mr. Nguyen Tho's household in Phong Yen hamlet and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuong's household in Phong Thuan hamlet, who lost dozens of hectares of shrimp.

Mr. Tuong's farm in Phong Thuan hamlet, Hung Hoa commune (Vinh city) also lost everything after the flood, with about 15 million VND in damage from shrimp, chickens and ducks. Photo: Tran Chau

According to incomplete statistics, as of November 2, the entire Nghe An province had 6,354 hectares of flooded aquaculture areas; 885.3 hectares of flooded rice areas; 9,215.6 hectares of damaged corn and vegetables; 274 hectares of broken annual crops; 157.1 hectares of broken perennial crops; 125.0 hectares of broken fruit trees; 5.2 hectares of eroded rice fields; 132,992 poultry swept away; 457 livestock swept away; 17 damaged barns.