Prime Minister requests proactive response to prolonged cold spell

Kinhtedothi - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 11/CD-TTg dated February 7, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to proactively respond to the prolonged cold spell.

According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the North will have severe cold, and mountainous areas may have snow and ice.

The dispatch stated: This morning (February 7, 2025), strong cold air affected the Northeast region and some places in the Northwest and North Central regions.

According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, today and tonight, cold air will continue to affect other places in the Northwest, North and Central Central regions, then affect some places in the South Central region. The North will have severe cold, high mountainous areas may have snow and ice; the North Central region will have severe cold; the area from Quang Binh to Hue will have cold, some places will have severe cold. The widespread severe cold in the North and North Central regions may last until February 10, 2025, possibly affecting livestock and poultry; greatly affecting the growth and development of crops; strong winds and large waves at sea may affect the operation of ships and other activities; thunderstorms, lightning and strong gusts of wind are possible.

To proactively respond to the prolonged cold spell, protect people's health, and limit damage to production and business, especially agricultural production, the Prime Minister requests:

1. Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities from Thua Thien Hue and above shall continue to seriously, resolutely and effectively implement the work of preventing and combating severe cold according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 07/CD-TTg dated January 26, 2025 and the direction and guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Health, focusing on the following tasks:

a) Propagate, disseminate and guide people on safe and effective measures and skills to prevent and combat the cold.

b) Organize to review and promptly support food, necessities, provide medicine, medical examination and treatment for people, paying special attention to the elderly, children, homeless people and other vulnerable groups. Absolutely do not let people go hungry, cold, sick due to cold without access to medical services.

c) Synchronously deploy measures to prevent and control cold and epidemics to protect crops and livestock, especially livestock, poultry and aquatic products, and reduce damage to agricultural production.

2. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall closely monitor weather developments, proactively direct natural disaster prevention and control, and guide localities in implementing measures to prevent and combat cold and epidemics to protect agricultural production, especially livestock, poultry, and aquatic products; and direct appropriate winter-spring crop production plans to limit damage to agricultural production.

3. The Ministry of Health directs, disseminates, guides, and recommends that people take safe and effective measures to prevent and combat cold, ensuring people's health; directs grassroots medical forces to ensure medical examination and treatment for people, especially during days of severe cold.

4. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment directs the monitoring, forecasting, and timely provision of information on weather conditions so that people can proactively take response measures.

5. The Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency and central and local media agencies coordinate with relevant agencies to update information, increase dissemination and instruct people on measures and skills to prevent and combat severe cold.

6. Assign Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to directly direct relevant ministries, branches and localities to seriously implement this Official Dispatch.

The Government Office, according to its assigned functions and tasks, shall monitor and urge the implementation of this Official Dispatch; promptly report to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in charge on urgent and arising issues./.

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