Students clean up their school after flood (Ha Tinh province).

Floods has claimed 62 lives, left 23 missing and injured around 50 others. Losses are estimated at more than VND2.2 trillion (around US$115 million).

PM Dung and the delegation visited Duy Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, one of localities suffering greatest losses in the historical floods.

Praising solidarity of people in the flood-hit areas, PM Dung asked the provincial Party Committee and local authorities to coordinate with relevant agencies to seek for missing people and assist families with dead and injured persons, as well as control epidemics and surmount damaged infrastructure, especially houses.

He also asked the provincial officials to mobilised forces, especially the medical sector to focus on environmental hygiene to prevent disease occurrence.

He required the province to promptly recover social welfare projects, particularly schools and medical stations for children to return school and provide medical checks-up to people.

At present, the biggest problem in the flood-hit areas is environmental pollution, especially water pollution, with over 100,000 residents lacking safe water.