Prime Minister's telegram on focusing on responding to storm No. 10, floods and landslides

VTV.vn - Storm No. 10 has strengthened to level 12, gusting to level 15, and is moving very quickly towards our mainland and getting stronger as it gets closer to shore.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed and issued Official Dispatch No. 174/CD-TTg dated September 27, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on responding to storm No. 10 and floods, landslides, flash floods and landslides.

Telegram to the Secretaries and Chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and cities in the Northern and North Central regions (from Da Nang and above); Ministers of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee.

Storm No. 10 has strengthened to level 12, gusting to level 15, and is moving very quickly towards our mainland and will get stronger the closer it gets to shore, possibly reaching level 13, gusting to level 16 in the coming hours.

According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, from the evening of September 27, the sea areas of the provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai may have winds of level 6, then increasing to level 8-9, near the storm center level 10-13, gusting to level 14-16, waves 5-7m high, threatening the safety of ships and activities at sea, islands, and coastal areas. The storm is forecast to make landfall at high tide, combined with storm surge and large waves that can cause overflow, breakage, landslides of sea dykes, flooding of low-lying coastal residential areas; the storm can cause heavy rain in the Northern and North Central regions (including Lao territory), especially in the area from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh with total rainfall of about 200-400mm, locally over 600mm, high risk of flash floods, landslides, inundation, traffic disruption in mountainous areas and low-lying areas.

Following the Official Dispatch No. 173/CD-TTg dated September 26, 2025, the Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to continue to focus on seriously, resolutely and effectively implementing the work of preventing and combating storm No. 10, focusing on the following specific tasks:

Reinforce and ensure the safety of dykes, dams and reservoirs; tie down houses; evacuate people in dangerous areas; stockpile food in areas at risk of isolation.

1. The Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of the provinces and cities in the Northern and North Central regions direct:

- Continue to review, call on, and guide ships still operating at sea to move out of dangerous areas or to storm shelters to ensure safety; at the same time, deploy solutions to ensure safety for people and ships at anchorages and shelters.

- Based on the specific situation in the locality, decide to restrict activities at sea and along the coast, prohibit going to sea, control and limit traffic, and let students stay home from school to ensure safety during the time affected by storms and heavy rains and floods.

- Immediately deploy protection and reinforcement measures to ensure the safety of dykes, dams, especially sea dykes, river estuaries, and key dams; proactively operate and regulate appropriate reservoirs to be ready to receive floods, ensure the safety of dams, and prevent floods from overlapping floods.

- Immediately deploy the work of tying down and reinforcing houses, warehouses, headquarters of agencies, units, educational and medical establishments, production, business and service establishments to reduce damage to production, especially agricultural production and aquaculture at sea and along the coast, promptly restore production and business immediately after storms and floods.

- Organize inspection, proactively evacuate and immediately relocate households in dangerous areas to safe places, paying special attention to places where there has been land subsidence, places at risk of flash floods, landslides, deep flooding, on boats, rafts, and aquaculture huts. At the same time, proactively arrange guards and patrols to ensure security and order at the evacuation sites, not allowing people to return without ensuring safety;

- Proactively arrange forces, means, reserve food, provisions, and necessities in vulnerable areas at risk of being isolated due to landslides and floods to be ready to support the people, not letting people go hungry, thirsty, cold, and deploy rescue work when bad situations occur,...

- Assign comrades in the standing committee, standing committee, and leaders of departments, branches, and sectors to go to key areas to directly inspect, urge, and direct the implementation of response work to storms, floods, landslides, flash floods, and landslides.

2. Ministers of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies, according to their functions, tasks, and authority, shall proactively direct and urge the implementation of response measures to ensure safety for forces, vehicles, equipment, and facilities under their management, paying special attention to ensuring safety for traffic activities at sea and on rivers, safety of dykes, reservoirs, irrigation dams, hydropower plants, power systems, telecommunications, educational and medical facilities, production, business, and service establishments, etc.

3. Ministers of the Ministries of National Defense and Public Security direct military and police forces stationed in the area to review plans, proactively arrange forces and means to be ready to support people in responding to storms, floods, and support evacuation and relocation of residents, and rescue when requested.

4. The Minister of Agriculture and Environment directs and organizes close monitoring, forecasting, and timely informing of storm and flood developments; directs and urges the implementation of storm and flood response work within his authority; advises the Prime Minister and the National Civil Defense Steering Committee on matters beyond his authority.

5. The Chief of Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee closely monitors the situation, coordinates and mobilizes forces and means to support localities in responding to storms and floods according to their authority, paying special attention to areas that have experienced heavy rain, subsidence, and unusual landslides.

6. General Director: Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency coordinate with relevant agencies to continue to do a good job of communication, increase the time of reporting so that people can have full information on storm and flood developments, instructions from the Government, Prime Minister and relevant agencies, proactively prevent, avoid and limit damage.

7. Assign Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to establish a forward command committee in the provinces where the storm passes to focus on handling, preventing, and overcoming the consequences of storms, floods, and landslides; continue to direct ministries, branches, and localities to promptly deploy response work to storms, floods, subsidence, and landslides.

8. The Government Office monitors and urges ministries and localities to seriously implement this Official Dispatch; promptly reports to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in charge on urgent and arising issues.

Source: https://vtv.vn/cong-dien-cua-thu-tuong-ve-tap-trung-ung-pho-bao-so-10-va-mua-lu-sat-lo-dat-100250928001656615.htm