The northern mountainous provinces are still struggling with severe floods, causing untold human and property losses. Local authorities are actively carrying out rescue and relief efforts to minimize the damage caused by the floods.

The whole country is also supporting these provinces through charity and relief activities. However, in recent days, fake news has continuously appeared on social networks "taking advantage of the floods" to attract views and likes.

On September 10, in Kinh Mon town (Hai Duong), many people rushed to the gas station to line up to buy fuel, jostled in the market to buy and stockpile food, causing food prices to increase. The reason was that a Facebook account posted information about the "Kinh Thay river dike breaking" causing public panic. This subject was later prosecuted by Kinh Mon town police.

Not only that, with the water level in the past few days after the storm on major rivers such as Kinh Thay, Thai Binh, Sac... in Hai Duong increasing to an unprecedented level, many Facebook accounts posted articles, comments, and shared false information about dike breaks in Cam Giang, Thanh Ha, Chi Linh districts, Kinh Mon town... causing fear and confusion among people.

The Board of Directors of Hai Duong Provincial Police has directed local police and professional departments to review and detect those who spread false information, causing public panic, and handle them strictly.

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A photo from a YouTuber's video went viral as a photo of a family evacuated during the flood in Ngoc Linh commune. Screenshot.

In recent days, social networking sites have been circulating images of a husband trying to push his wife and children in a basin, moving through a flooded area believed to be in Ngoc Linh commune, Vi Xuyen district (Ha Giang province).

The above photo was also shared with the caption: "Heartbreaking image of a family evacuated in Ngoc Linh commune, Vi Xuyen, Ha Giang... Storm No. 3, floods and the pain and loss will never go away" .

However, shortly after, the People's Committee of Ngoc Linh Commune had to speak up to say that this was the content of a YouTuber's video. Specifically, this is the image of Mr. Pham Xuan Du and his wife (living in Tan Lap village, Ngoc Linh commune). Mr. Du and his wife are local YouTubers. This image is one of the contents that Mr. Du made during the flood to post online.

Previously, information spread on Facebook that dozens of bodies had washed ashore at the beach of Cam Pha City. This information caused public panic. The leaders of Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh, immediately after that, said that the information about dozens of bodies being recovered at sea in Cam Pha was false.

At the same time, on September 11, Cam Pha City Police informed that through cyberspace control, at 10:00 a.m. on September 10, Cam Pha City Police discovered that the Facebook account "Song An Seafood" of Ms. D.TH (residing in village 3, Lien Hoa, Quang Yen town) posted content about Cam Pha retrieving 16 bodies... The post had 114 likes and 124 shares.

The investigation and verification of the facts by Cam Pha City Police showed that the information posted on Facebook "Song An Seafood" by Ms. D.TH about the damage caused by storm No. 3 in Cam Pha City was untrue.

At the police station, Ms. D.TH admitted that she did not verify the source of information accurately but publicly posted untrue information about the damage caused by storm No. 3, causing panic among the people.

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Incorrect information about the car in the Phong Chau bridge incident. Screenshot

Previously, on September 9, a post with photos was shared on Facebook claiming that a car involved in the Phong Chau bridge collapse (Phu Tho) was found 10km from the scene and all 4 people in the car were rescued safely.

Immediately afterwards, the leader of Tam Nong District People's Committee said the above content was incorrect.

At the same time, according to the reporter's investigation, the incident happened the day before (September 8) also in a district in Phu Tho, this car carrying people to a wedding was swept away by water and everyone in the car was rescued in time.

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Sending Viettel messages with the syntax spreading on social networks is fake news. Screenshot

Not only that, recently on Facebook social networking groups, fake information appeared: People in flood-hit areas with no power and no Wi-Fi can enter the syntax 191 for Viettel subscribers.

Specifically, the bad guys instruct people to enter all of the following syntaxes to get the network, such as 3ST4G send to 191, 4G send to 191, 5GBKM send to 191, 5GKM send to 191, ZP15 send to 191, ST15 send to 191, ST15N_4G send to 191; all are free from Viettel.

Bad guys also remind people that these syntaxes only apply to areas affected by storms, floods, power outages, and internet connection loss. Other areas cannot use this syntax even if they enter it.

Sharing with VietNamNet reporters on the afternoon of September 10, a representative of Viettel Telecom confirmed that the above syntaxes are all fake news. People should not follow these text message syntaxes and should not share unverified information.

Recently, a teacher at Ma Pi Leng school, part of Pai Lung Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities (Meo Vac district, Ha Giang province) was very upset when he accidentally read information on social media about a child in Meo Vac crying because his mother was swept away by floodwaters .

According to this teacher, the image of the crying baby was recorded 1 year ago and the baby's family was still complete, both parents. The information this teacher responded to was verified and confirmed by the Department of Education and Training of Meo Vac district as completely accurate.

The female teacher also advised individuals not to take advantage of the trick of spreading false news while the whole country is struggling with storms and floods.

With fake news constantly appearing as above, it requires authorities to have solutions and sanctions to strictly handle this situation.