In the aftermath of the last two weeks of severe flooding that devastated north-central provinces, authorities are rushing to repair roads and provide aids for victims.
The Ministry of Transport has asked the Vietnam Road Administration and transport officials in the provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh to repair and consolidate road sections damaged by the floods.
National Highway 1 has been reopened to traffic again as have 7 and 8, and the Ho Chi Minh Highway that runs through the west of the region.
Vietnam Railway deployed 1,500 repair workers to work on the north-south railway which has been disrupted for a week so that services can resume by Friday. More than 1,000 train passengers have been forced to take buses.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development asked the Government to supply affected provinces with seeds taken from the national reserve to prepare for new crops once the flooding recedes.
Accordingly, Nghe An and Quang Tri Provinces will receive 350 tons each, while Ha Tinh Province will get 600 tons of seeds including rice, corn and vegetables.
The Ministry of Education and Training has raised more than VND500 million (US$25,000) which will be spent on textbooks and school equipment, while the Education Publishing House will print additional textbooks for school children in the regions whose books were swept away.
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