Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee inspect evacuation points and vulnerable sea dikes

Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Phu Hien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and members of the working delegation of the Ministry of National Defense and Nghe An province.

The delegation visited and encouraged people who were evacuating at Dien Chau Primary School.

Here, the Party Committee and government evacuated 62 households and 177 people, mainly the elderly and children.

Dien Chau commune's evacuation plan is to evacuate 700 households, about more than 2,000 people, to safe places such as schools, offices, high-rise buildings, and solid houses.

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee kindly visited the people at the evacuation site; encouraged people to temporarily live in peace, wait for the storm to pass so they can return home to ensure safety. The Party Committee and the government will provide enough necessities, food, and drinking water for the people.

The Provincial Party Secretary also requested the Party Committee and the government of Dien Chau commune to ensure all necessary conditions for people's daily life, especially to take good care of the health of the elderly and sick people.

At the same time, continue to review unsafe areas to evacuate people to shelters, the highest principle is to ensure maximum safety for people first and foremost.

Next, the delegation directly inspected the sea dike in Dien Chau commune. This is the dike that is predicted to be affected when storm No. 5 makes landfall.

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and the Provincial Party Secretary requested the authorities and forces to be on duty at key points and prepare supplies to have a rescue plan in case of an emergency.

Up to this point, Nghe An province is mobilizing the entire political system at all levels to relocate and evacuate people at key points and dangerous areas to safe places at headquarters, schools...

Nghe An has 82km of coastline, including 41.783km of dykes and 11.65km of embankments. The dykes and embankments are designed to withstand level 10 storms. Some of the key sea dykes are Dien Chau (former Dien Thanh commune), Quynh Phu (former Quynh Tho commune). In addition to evacuating people, the province has also mobilized forces to be on duty and prepared materials to ensure timely handling when incidents occur.

(Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television continue to update)