Forests in the Central Highlands and South Central Vietnam have been seriously damaged for agricultural land by local farmers, this is one of reasons for recent massive floods and landslides.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Vietnam Prasanna Gamage on November 9 handed VND66.5 million (US$2,860) donated by Sri Lanka people living in Vietnam to support flood-hit people in the central region.
Consecutive storms with heavy rains causing serious floods and landslides have hit the central region. As of October 24 evening, the natural disaster killed 119 lives, and left 21 others missing, destroyed thousands of houses and caused a big loss of property of local residents.
The National Assembly Standing Committee, NA Office and NA agencies launched a campaign in Hanoi on October 16 to call for donations to residents hit by floods in the central region.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held this morning an urgent meeting to carry out searching and rescue missions at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant landslide in Thua Thien- Hue Province as well as verify, approach the landslide site at the Defense Economics Division 337 under the Military Region 4 of the Vietnam People's Army.
According to a report of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, at least 63 victims in Vietnam’s central provinces were washed away by floodwater following prolonged torrential downpours by the morning of October 16.
Director of the National Center for Hydro-meteorology Forecasting Mai Van Khiem yesterday informed the worse weather warning of torrential downpours and huge floods in the Central region in the next ten days, notably upcoming tropical depressions are able to intensify into new storms.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development cum Standing Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong this morning chaired a meeting to adopt measures against a newly-formed tropical depression in the East Sea.
