Going through historic floods: Affirming the mettle and spirit of '4 on-the-spot'

In early October, Thai Nguyen steadfastly overcame an unprecedented historic flood, when the Cau River water level peaked at its highest level ever (29.9m, 1.09m higher than storm No. 3 in 2024). This result was achieved thanks to the strong leadership of the province, local authorities, flexibility in handling situations according to the "4 on-site" motto and the efforts of the people.

Soldiers help people clean up after floods.

During the rainy and flood days of October, despite the rapid rise in the Cau River water level and the urgent situation of natural disaster prevention, the entire political system of the province was not shaken. Implementing the "4 on-site" motto, the province did a good job of directing and flexibly handling situations in the spirit of on-site forces, means - materials and support.

The first emergency situation (on the morning of October 7) that the province directed and handled very flexibly was the successful mobilization of forces to move and ensure the safety of 300 students of Na Ri Ethnic Minority Secondary School out of the dangerous flood area.

Accordingly, with the initiative and positivity, as soon as receiving the direction from the superiors, the Na Ri Commune Police force quickly joined the fight, coordinating with the soldiers of the Mobile Police Command, the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police force (Provincial Police) to excellently complete the assigned tasks.

Teacher Nong Thi Tuyet, Principal of the School, said: We are extremely grateful and admire the spirit of "serving the people" and the silent sacrifice of the police officers during the days of flood.

Also with the motto of deploying forces on the spot, on the night of October 8 and 9, the Provincial Police mobilized officers and soldiers to work all night, using means to approach isolated households in deeply flooded areas, to supply food, necessities and move people and property, especially women, children and the elderly, to safe places.

Thai Nguyen Provincial Police mobilized officers, soldiers, and rescue vehicles to bring people in flooded areas to safety.

During the historic flood, the provincial police force mobilized over 15,000 officers and soldiers, over 3,000 vehicles to participate in the tasks of reinforcing dikes, patrolling, rescuing, evacuating people to safety...

In response to the flood on the Cau River, Thai Nguyen province has mobilized nearly 3,000 officers, soldiers and local shock troops along with necessary means, equipment and materials to reinforce the dikes (city renovation dike; Gang Thep dike, Ha Chau dike; Cha dike) with a total length of about 3,500m, to enhance flood prevention capacity; handle and monitor 9 locations of silt on the Ha Chau dike; arrange and mobilize forces to be on duty, patrol and guard, monitor water levels and developments in the reinforced dike area. In particular, the Provincial Police mobilized 1,625 officers and soldiers to participate.

During the storm and flood, the Provincial Military Command mobilized 17,317 officers, soldiers and militia; requested units under the Ministry of National Defense and Military Region 1 to mobilize 9,422 officers, soldiers and 254 cars of all kinds, 140 boats and ships to participate in rescue and overcoming the consequences of storm No. 11.

The Youth Union has established and mobilized over 100 youth volunteer teams to prevent natural disasters in localities, implementing measures to support people in responding, limiting risks and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters based on the principles and directions of local authorities and instructions of competent agencies. The Youth Union bases have organized the cooking of nearly 15,000 free meals to send to people in deep flooded areas and isolated areas.

Localities that were not affected or less affected (Dai Tu, Dai Phuc,...) mobilized thousands of people, over 300 vehicles (cars, canoes, boats of all kinds), organized cooking of over 40,000 meals and many necessities to support people in flooded areas.

It can be affirmed that, despite facing a historic flood, Thai Nguyen still steadfastly overcame the storm. The lesson throughout the province's days of flood prevention is the decisive direction and flexible handling of response situations according to the "4 on-site" motto.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202510/di-qua-lu-lich-su-khang-dinh-ban-linh-va-tinh-than-4-tai-cho-7442760/