Quang Binh police officers help locals mitigate flood consequences

• Politburo delegation works with Standing Board of Quang Binh Police Party Committee
• People in most flood-affected area taken to safe area.
• Police forces in response to rainfall and flood situation

Due to heavy rains on October 30 and November 1, thousands of houses, dozens of roads and hectares of crops were submerged in the flood water. The losses were initially valued at hundreds of billions of Vietnamese dongs.

Against this backdrop, the Quang Binh Police dispatched hundreds of police officers and function vehicles to bring packages of dried food and bottled water to people in the flood-hit areas.

Police officers are delivering necessities to the current flood victims.

The mobilized officers and vehicles were organized to reach TuyenHoa, Le Thuy, QuangTrach districts and Ba Don town, delivering necessities to the current flood victims, who were still stuck in flooding.

Police officers came to each house to take people and belongings to safe areas, and also provided people with thousands packages of instant noodles and drinking water.

Quang Binh Police provided people with thousands packages of instant noodles and drinking water.

According to the weather forecast, floods may become more severe as the river water level is rising swiftly in Quang Binh. To ensure the safety of property and lives of people in flooding, all provincial police forces were asked to be ready to deploy efforts and assets when requested.

Regarding the flooding situation in the central region, the Prime Minister has issued an Official Dispatch No. 1925/CD-TTg requiring ministries, Provincial People’s Committees and the relevant agencies to proactively respond to floods and rains.