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Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai inspected Binh Dinh’s implementation of post-storm services on November 4.
The province’s leaders held a meeting with the Government’s delegation.
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Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai (standing) speaks at the meeting. Photo N.T
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At the meeting, Chairman of Binh Dinh People’s Committee Nguyen Van Thien reported that the typhoon killed 13, injured 15 others and left three people missing. The disaster also inundated 42,000 houses, destroyed 311 others and damaged more than 3,500 houses. The total economic damage is estimated at 887 billion VND.
He has also asked for the provision of rice, noodles, blankets, water filters, rice seedlings and funds for the reconstruction of houses, as well as the restoration of damaged transport facilities and irrigation networks.
The Government leader said that Binh Dinh must quickly deploy all available forces to search for those still missing and promptly deliver relief aid to those who are still stranded by the flooding.
He also asked provincial health departments to quickly launch clean-up activities and measures to prevent possible outbreaks of disease which may follow in the aftermath of the flooding.
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