Accordingly, chairpersons of People’s Committees of cities and provinces are required to direct competent authorities to provide food, medicine and other essential items for affected households, particularly those in areas that are isolated and hard to reach.
Market management and supervision over the distribution of essential goods like food, fuels, and other necessities must be enhanced to ensure that there are no hoarding and unreasonable price hikes. Strict punishment must be meted out to any violations, according to the dispatch.
PM Chinh also orders immediate repair of houses, schools and hospitals damaged by the typhoon, clearance of fallen trees, quick resumption of the supply of electricity, clean water and telecommunications services, among others, to ensure the continuity of production and business activities, and implementation of disease prevention measures after the storm.
The Minister of Industry and Trade is tasked with directing competent agencies to keep a close watch on the market developments, ensure market stability and smooth circulation of goods, and handle unusual fluctuations of prices and supply and demand of essential goods in a timely manner.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is asked to work to reduce damage for agricultural production, save inundated crops, and provide farmers with seedlings, breeding animals, and agricultural materials for production recovery.
The Minister of Finance is ordered to direct the General Department of State Reserves to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to assess the situations and needs of affected localities to propose the allocation of food, equipment, disinfectants for them to competent authorities.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Information and Communications must work closely with the Ministries of Industry and Trade, Finance, and Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television and Voice of Vietnam to raise public awareness of the domestic market developments.
Deputy Prime Ministers Bui Thanh Son, Le Thanh Long and Ho Duc Phoc are responsible for the implementation of the dispatch.
