Prime Minister inspects flood response in Capital's riverside areas
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Trung Gia and Da Phuc communes on the night of October 9 to inspect flood response and recovery efforts after learning that many areas were heavily inundated as river levels rose.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (center) is inspecting flood response in Ha Noi’s riverside areas overnight, October 9, 2025
The Government leader was accompanied by Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defense General Nguyen Tan Cuong among other officials.
Pham urged the local authorities to closely monitor river levels and implement appropriate flood response measures to ensure residents' safety; remain vigilant, keep equipment, vehicles, and personnel, particularly military forces, ready, and ensure shelters and essential supplies are in place to evacuate about 30,000 residents if needed with priority given to the elderly, children, and pregnant women.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep was tasked to instruct agencies to closely monitor conditions and manage upstream reservoirs to prevent downstream dike breaches, including carefully timing spillway operations at hydropower reservoirs.
The Prime Minister also assigned the local authorities and relevant agencies to study long-term, fundamental solutions for the dike systems, as river levels have now surpassed historical flood peaks.
The floods have inundated several riverside communes, affecting around 3,300 households with more than 10,500 people. Authorities said water from the two rivers has overflowed a section of the Huu Cau Dyke in Da Phuc Commune.
Nearly 8,500 residents in Ha Noi have been evacuated from flood-affected areas, mainly in Trung Gia, Thu Lam, Tien Thang and Da Phuc communes, as water levels on the Cau and Ca Lo rivers continue to rise, according to the Ha Noi Department of Agriculture and Environment.
Nearly 8,500 residents in Ha Noi have been evacuated from flood-affected areas
As of October 9, water level in the Ca Lo River stood 1.56 metres above Alert Level III and slightly higher than its designed flood level. The Tich and Bui rivers were above Alert Level II, the Day River slightly above Level I, while the Nhue and My Ha rivers remained below Level I.
Water levels at most irrigation reservoirs, including Suoi Hai, Dong Quan, Tan Xa, Xuan Khanh, Quan Son, Van Son and Keo Ca, have exceeded their spillway thresholds and are discharging freely.
Since the afternoon of October 9, Ha Noi's irrigation companies have operated 131 pumping stations with 506 drainage pumps. Local authorities have also mobilized more than 11,500 personnel, 71 vehicles and over 120,000 units of materials and equipment for flood response./.
