Directive 296/TTg

The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministries and branches at the center and the People’s Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government, within their functions and tasks, to well implement the work of prevention and fight against floods and storms so as to effectively cope with natural calamities and minimize human and property losses. More concretely, to review and draw experiences on the prevention and fight against floods and storms in 1995 and the previous years in order to work out plans and measures for this year; to check and strengthen the dyke systems; to widely and deeply disseminate the Ordinance on Dykes and the Ordinance on the Prevention and Fight Against Floods and Storms; to do well the forecast work; and the localities must have concrete measures suited to their geographical conditions to prevent and fight against natural calamities.- (Summary)