Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shares the great loss and damage of the people in the mountainous communes of Nghe An who are suffering the biggest flood ever.
On the afternoon of July 24, the National Civil Defense Steering Committee held its first meeting on natural disaster prevention, control, and search and rescue in 2025 in both in-person and online formats.
Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister, Head of the Steering Committee chaired at the Government bridge point.
At Nghe An province, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired. Also attending were Major General Le Van Vy - Deputy Chief of Staff of Military Region 4; leaders of departments and branches and online connection to the commune level.
Speaking at the opening of the first session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Head of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense expressed his deep sympathy for the huge losses and property damage that people in mountainous communes of Nghe An province are suffering due to the biggest flood ever in the province caused by storm and storm circulation No. 3.
The National Civil Defense Steering Committee was established on the basis of reorganizing the National Civil Defense Steering Committee, the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the National Committee for Incident Response, Natural Disasters and Search and Rescue.
This is an inter-sectoral coordination organization, with the function of advising the Government and the Prime Minister in organizing, directing and operating civil defense activities nationwide. In addition, the Committee directly directs the Civil Defense Command Committees of central ministries and branches and the provincial Civil Defense Command Committees.
The Steering Committee advises the Prime Minister in developing and implementing policies, laws, strategies, projects, plans and directives on civil defense activities, response to natural disasters, and search and rescue.
The Steering Committee is responsible for directing and coordinating ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, relevant agencies and organizations, and localities in carrying out civil defense activities; promulgating and abolishing civil defense levels; coordinating specialized and part-time civil defense forces to ensure prevention, response, and overcoming of consequences of incidents and disasters nationwide; being ready to participate in international activities on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is the Head of the Steering Committee. The Deputy Heads include: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha - Permanent Deputy Head; Minister of National Defense - General Phan Van Giang; Minister of Public Security - General Luong Tam Quang; Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang; Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
The first meeting of the Steering Committee was held to focus on reviewing the leadership and direction of sectors and localities in responding to and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters; clarifying limitations, shortcomings, difficulties, obstacles, and orientations for the last months of the year as well as the coming period in the spirit of "6 clear": clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear authority, and clear results.
In particular, the meeting also focused on assessing natural disaster prevention, search and rescue work in the context of operating local governments at two levels, especially at the commune level - which is identified as the core force implementing the "4 on-the-spot" motto./.
