Quang Tri (VNA) - Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Tran Cam Tu visited the central province of Quang Tri on October 1 to encourage and present assistance to the local people still reeling from the devastation of Typhoon Bualoi.
On behalf of the Party and State, he extended his sympathy to local authorities and residents, and praised their swift and determined response to minimise losses. He lauded the contributions of the army, police, and local communities in rescue and relief efforts.
The Party official urged the local authorities to continue focusing on the recovery work, protecting lives, carrying out search and rescue operations, stabilising local livelihoods, and restoring production and business activities.
Stressing that no citizen should face deprivation during the storm's aftermath, he specifically urged the province to mobilise forces and resources to help poor and struggling families whose houses were destroyed. Besides, he called for efforts to assure environmental hygiene, disease prevention, and repair of dykes, power facilities, schools, and medical stations, especially in mountainous and remote areas. Due attention should be paid to families who lost loved ones or suffered injuries.
On the occasion, he presented the Party and State’s assistance while Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Ha Thi Nga, on behalf of sponsors and businesses, delivered aid to the province for typhoon recovery work. The total support amounted to 7.5 billion VND (nearly 284,000 USD).
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Le Ngoc Quang said that as of early afternoon on October 1, local search and rescue force and competent authorities were still searching for eight missing fishermen. The province has worked with power and telecommunications units to restore services, helping residents stabilise their lives and production activities.
A report from the province showed that Typhoon Bualoi left trails of devastation in Quang Tri, with six houses collapsed, nearly 3,400 having their roofs ripped off, and 284 hectares of crops, 450 hectares of rubber, 1,450 hectares of planted forests, and over 200 hectares of aquaculture destroyed.
Large swathes of infrastructure were left in ruins, including over 30 roads and bridges damaged and more than 100 power poles toppled, and tens of schools, medical stations and cultural houses. Total losses were estimated at 550 billion VND./.
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