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The damage was calculated from July 26 to 28, according to the provincial government.
According to the rescue department under the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, floods and landslides had killed 15 people and left eight others missing in the northern province as of Tuesday.
Tuoi Tre newspaper reported 17 people had been killed as of on July 29 noon.
Flooding damaged 12 houses and inundated nearly 3,000 other homes in Quang Ninh. Over 550 hectares of crops and 23 hectares of fish farms were destroyed.
Landslides were seen on 2,500 square meters in the province. In addition, a number of schools and hospitals in Halong and Cam Pha cities and Van Don District were submerged under two meters. Assets of residents were destroyed while some major streets have been inundated.
In Co To District, six roads and two sea dykes were damaged and some 1,500 tourists were still stranded on the island of the same name on July 29.
Hoang Ngoc Hung, chief representative of the Port Authority of Inland Waterway Area No. 1 in Halong, told the Daily that strong winds prevented ships from sailing to Co To Island to pick up the tourists.
Pham Quang Huy, deputy administrative manager of Co To Island, said the tourists had had to extend their stays on the island as vessels were banned from sailing to the island to pick them up due to heavy seas. All visitors are safe.
The authorities of Co To Island told restaurants, hotels and hostels to support travelers.
“Many hostels have cut room tariffs by 30-50% and even 100% as tourists are forced to stay longer due to bad weather. Prices of foods and vegetables are stable but there is no longer seafood as boats are not allowed to go offshore,” Huy said.
Travel firms have had to change itineraries or delay Halong Bay tours as 470 tourist boats have been banned in the bay in the past three days.
Vu Thi Hong Quyen, director of Saigontourist Travel Service Company’s Quang Ninh branch, said many tourists had visited Hanoi City or Ninh Binh Province instead of Halong Bay or delayed tours to the World Heritage-listed bay.
Many travelers have been unable to join sightseeing tours in Halong City these days as streets or bridges are blocked for several hours due to flooding, according to travel firms.
The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam reported that many sections of major streets in Quang Ninh and Lang Son provinces had been damaged and submerged due to heavy rain, causing traffic jams.
A 400-meter-long road section of National Highway 18 near But Pass has been inundated. Vehicles cannot move on national highways 18C and 279, and provincial roads 326, 328 and 329 due to flooding and damage.
To ensure traffic safety, the Directorate for Roads at Quang Ninh Province’s Department of Transport have cleaned up roads and set up warning signs at the dangerous road sections. More traffic police have been deployed to help ease traffic.
The National Committee for Search and Rescue has deployed over 2,800 officials and troops and 73 vehicles to evacuate people from the flood-hit areas in Quang Ninh.
Hoang Duc Cuong, director of the national weather center, told a meeting with the national steering committee for natural disaster control in Hanoi on July 29 that torrential rain is forecast to continue in the north from on July 30 to August 4.
Cuong warned northern provinces of landslides and flashfloods sparked by torrential rain in the coming days.
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