On the morning of June 27, in Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province, the Party Committee of Naval Region 5 held a conference to review 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 689 of the Central Military Commission and Resolution No. 11 of the Navy Party Committee on preventing, combating, overcoming consequences of natural disasters, catastrophes, and search and rescue until 2020 and the following years. Rear Admiral Nguyen Huu Thoan, Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of the Region chaired the conference.
Naval Region 5 troops rescue stranded fishing boat |
Overseas Vietnamese turn to the sea and islands of their homeland |
Over the past 10 years, the Party Committee and Command of Naval Region 5 have led and directed agencies and units to effectively implement Resolution No. 689 of the Central Military Commission and Resolution No. 11 of the Navy Party Committee.
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| Rear Admiral Nguyen Huu Thoan speaks. (Photo: Van Dinh) |
Notably, the Region has done a good job of propaganda and education to raise awareness, responsibility, and skills for officers, soldiers, and people in the area on measures to prevent and respond to incidents, natural disasters, catastrophes, and rescue; develop plans to prevent and combat natural disasters, epidemics, search and rescue, rescue from collapses, prevent and combat fires, and forest fires strictly, seriously, and closely following the actual situation and tasks of the unit.
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| Conference scene. (Photo: Van Dinh) |
The region regularly practices response plans for incidents, natural disasters, search and rescue; proactively coordinates and cooperates closely with local Party committees, authorities, agencies and units in the area in responding to incidents, natural disasters, catastrophes, search and rescue; invests, purchases, receives, manages and effectively uses means and equipment serving the work of preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters and epidemics, etc.
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Officers and soldiers of Brigade 127, Naval Region 5 Command, rescued and pulled a fishing boat from Kien Giang from a stranded place. (Photo: Van Dinh) |
Over the past 10 years, the Command of Region 5 has mobilized 9,282 officers and soldiers, 145 vehicles to participate in firefighting and rescue in 146 cases. Officers and soldiers of the Region have not been afraid of difficulties, dangers, big waves, strong winds, promptly extinguished fires for more than 200 hectares of forest, dozens of houses; rescued 43 fishermen, 55 vehicles in distress at sea. Thereby contributing to minimizing damage to the lives and property of the State and people in the stationed area.
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| Officers and soldiers of Naval Region 5 Command evacuate people from Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giang) from the flooded area. (Photo: Van Dinh) |
Speaking at the conference, Rear Admiral Nguyen Huu Thoan acknowledged and commended the work of preventing, combating, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, and search and rescue of officers and soldiers of the Region in the past time, and at the same time noted that Party committees and commanders at all levels need to continue to thoroughly grasp and implement Resolution No. 689 of the Central Military Commission and Resolution No. 11 of the Navy Party Committee on preventing, combating, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, catastrophes, and search and rescue.
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| Officers and soldiers of Battalion 553, Naval Region 5 Command participate in fighting forest fires. (Photo: Van Dinh) |
Units proactively prepare human resources, means, logistics and technical materials; closely coordinate and cooperate with functional agencies, local authorities, and forces stationed in the area to effectively respond to incidents, natural disasters, fires, etc. to prevent unsafety in all activities; promptly propose superiors to commend and reward collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in performing tasks of natural disaster prevention, control, and rescue, contributing to encouraging and motivating officers and soldiers to successfully complete assigned tasks.
 Naval Region 5 provides fresh water to people on Hon Chuoi IslandThe drops of love from officers and soldiers of Naval Region 5 helped the people of Hon Chuoi Island ease their difficulties and stabilize their lives during the prolonged drought and heat. |
 Navy helps people fight droughtProlonged drought and saltwater intrusion in Ca Mau province have disrupted the lives of many families due to lack of domestic water. To promptly support people to overcome this situation, the Naval Region 5 Command has mobilized ships to transport fresh water from Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giang) to the mainland to provide free of charge to people. |
Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/vung-5-hai-quan-lam-tot-nhiem-vu-cuu-ho-cuu-nan-giam-thieu-thiet-hai-tinh-mang-tai-san-cua-nha-nuoc-va-nhan-dan-201555.html
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