NA leader inspects flood aftermath settlement in Yen Bai
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty on October 18 inspected the settlement of flood and landslide consequences and visited flood victims in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty (R) visits flood victims in Yen Bai province on October 18 (Photo: VNA)
Yen Bai(VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty on October 18 inspectedthe settlement of flood and landslide consequences and visited flood victims inthe northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
Ty and his entourage visited some bereavedfamilies and households whose property was washed away by floods in Van Chandistrict and Nghia Lo town.
He appreciated the local military and militiaforces and youths who have helped residents to address flood consequences. Heasked them to continue efforts to assist local people swiftly deal withdisaster impacts and stabilise their lives.
At a working session with the delegation, provincialleaders proposed the NA and Government send teams to the province to assess loses,find out causes and provide technical support to rebuild damaged roads andirrigation works.
They called on theGovernment to give urgent financial assistance to repair 78 important trafficand irrigation works with estimated costs of around 400 billion VND (17.6million USD).
The NA leader requested Yen Bai authorities to focuson efforts to help residents stabilise their lives, solve environmentalproblems to prevent diseases, and proactively repair damaged traffic,irrigation and other infrastructure works. He also asked the province to useaid in an effective, fair, transparent and timely manner.
Yen Bai has reported 18 deaths, 10 peoplemissing and nine others injured in the recent downpours and floods. Nearly2,000 houses were damaged while more than 140 households were evacuated due tolandslides and flash floods.
Floods also devastated more than 900ha of crops,tens of thousands of livestock and poultry, and over 42ha of aquaculture area.Total damage was estimated at over 700 billion VND (30.8 million USD).-VNA
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National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty (R) visits flood victims in Yen Bai province on October 18 (Photo: VNA) 
