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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the story at the 2020 Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Conference of the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention on the afternoon of May 15.
Invest in drones to serve against natural disasters!
At the conference, many practical topics were shared on the task of preventing and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in the localities.
Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Do Duc Duy said that in many years the province had catastrophic natural disasters, especially pipeline and hail floods, flash floods, landslides due to complex terrain. High mountains, great rivers and streams.
In the first 4 months of 2020, Yen Bai had 5 natural disasters, including 4 hail storms, 1 storm that killed 1 person and caused a lot of damage to people’s houses and properties.
It is noteworthy that the phenomenon of hail this year occurred much more widely, it appeared on a large scale, in which Yen Bai recorded many points of gravity.
“Dangerous climatic phenomena, natural disasters in recent times have continuously occurred in the direction of increasing, increasing intensity, high levels of danger and complexity that is difficult to predict is a major concern of the region. Phuong ”- President of Yen Bai Province introduced.
Mr. Duy proposed to the Prime Minister to lead the development of a comprehensive resettlement and relocation program to remove people from hazardous areas (located on the map of areas prone to floods, flash floods, landslides), bringing this content into the public investment capital allocation plan.
The other practical issue is investing in improving and supplementing specialized equipment for rescue operations, especially investing in aircraft and unmanned equipment for each military zone.
The president of Yen Bai stated, for example, that in 2018, Yen Bai a flash flood and landslide disaster occurred, to reach two isolated communes, although the road is only 15 km, but to be able to walk, the survey it will take a few days. Then, Mr. Duy tried to borrow a drone from a business in Hanoi, it took only 30 minutes to inspect the entire two roads that were eroded and divided to fix the problem. .
President Yen Bai calculated that if investing in 1-2 devices simultaneously for the military zone level, it would cost between 7 and 8 billion dong, just for a new shopping cart, which helps a lot in search and rescue. victims, disaster recovery.
The leaders of the Ben Tre province shared experiences on how to cope with the drought of this “flooded area”. The proposed solution is radical investments in irrigation works. Ben Tre says that by 2030, the completion of the freshwater reservoir system will ensure “renewal” of the entire area.
Don’t give in to a natural disaster under any circumstances
At the conclusion of the conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized the importance of work directly related to people’s lives and property, which the state attaches to the highest importance, the entire system must protect. .
The Prime Minister repeated the 2019 statistics, the country suffered 13 heat waves, 12 storms, dozens of flash floods, currently facing drought, saltwater intrusion … to see Living with natural disasters is a historical feature of Vietnam. The S-shaped country is rated as one of the five countries most affected by natural disasters and climate change.
Since then, Vietnam has proactively prepared the conditions necessary to live with natural disasters, to deal with “water”, “fire”, “religion”, “hackers”. Aware of this, Vietnam has established a national steering committee headed by a Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung), which brings together leaders from many ministries, branches and agencies to handle affairs. Prevention and overcoming of the consequences of natural disasters, search and rescue.
Recently, the Steering Committee has worked effectively. As a result, the country has reduced the number of disaster losses in 2019 to a record, reducing 44% of deaths, compared to tens of billions of dong of property damage in previous years. 7,000 billion left. The Prime Minister particularly commended the leaders of the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention with the results obtained.
It can be seen in Vietnam, from the people to the state they are always ready to fight natural disasters, enemy sabotage.
The prime minister told the story that 4 years ago, he returned to Hai Phong to meet with voters at the appropriate time of the floods, when he heard that the Hoang Long levee was seriously threatened and could break, which would be extremely serious. In many northern provinces, he requested a check. The Prime Minister was deeply moved when in the early morning, he saw that the Standing Committee of the Hai Phong City Party Committee was there and was on duty all night. The dike line is securely protected.
In addition to promoting the spirit of proactive response to natural disasters, the 2019-2020 winter-spring harvest, the Prime Minister said, Vietnam has a great harvest despite the fierce salinity in the history of the Mekong Delta. This is because the agencies have planned, since September 2019, to hold meetings, decide on the change of seasons, organize early and simultaneous planting in this area.
With this good news, Vietnam is likely to lead the world in food exports in 2020. Therefore, I propose that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce promote self-circulation of food exports so that people can enjoy the fruits. one year with a good harvest and good prices ”, the Prime Minister reported enthusiastically.
However, the government leader also noted that the weather was becoming increasingly abnormal, with extreme extremes. Forecasts, phenomena such as hail, thunderstorms, floods … will occur throughout 2020, spreading throughout the country.
Unusual signs of the weather have shown when it is still very cold as of April, May. According to the general rule, floods and eddies should occur in May and June to reach the Central region, then retreat to the South, but it is now necessary to identify floods and cyclones at any time.
“Although in 2019, the country has managed to control damage at a very low level, but since the early days of 2020, natural disasters have been so fierce. Each agency, unit and people had to proactively respond and handle the problem synchronously, without allowing the water to jump to their feet. Do not give up on natural disasters, natural surrender in any case, for any reason “- Directed the Prime Minister.
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