HAIPHONG ACTIVELY COPES WITH TYPHOON NO.03

Typhoon No.03 is forecast to lash into the land, directly impact the Northern cities and provinces, including Haiphong. To cope with the typhoon, Chairman of Haiphong People’s Committee Nguyen Van Tung presided over a conference to hear reports of inspection teams and also directly conducted inspection at several spots in Hai An, Le Chan, Do Son, Cat Hai and Kien Thuy.

According to the reports of inspection teams, up to this moment, the storm prevention has been thoroughly conducted by sectors and localities. All the localities have implemented the telegraph of the Central Steering Board for Natural Disaster Prevention and the telegraph of the city chairman to call for ships and boats to the safe shelters. City chairman asked inspection teams to continue the activities at the vulnerable localities, especially the bridges and anchoring places.

Later on the same day, City chairman inspected the water drainage area of the Transformer Station 220KV Dinh Vu, Got ferry, the sea dyke in Cat Hai district, the Vinh Niem rainwater pumping station (Le Chan district) and the sea dyke No.01 in Do Son. At the inspection spots, the city chairman asked sectors and branches to continue the storm prevention, boost the dissemination, raise the public awareness, well conduct the inundation prevention for the residential areas and public places. Especially at the sea dyke system No.01 in Do Son, the Chairman demanded the Department of Transport to upgrade wave shield system to ensure the safety and aesthetics for the tourism area./.