Temporary houses being built in Nủ Village after the floods. VNA/VNS Photo

LÀO CAI A new resettlement area for residents of flood and landslide-hit Nủ Village in Bảo Yên District, Lào Cai Province, will be built about 2km from the old village.

Local authorities said the spacious area will be located on 10ha of high terrain, safe, and suitable for arranging transport, electricity, and water infrastructure. 

The village was swept away by flooding and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi a few days ago, leaving 52 people dead.

All survivors of the natural disaster have agreed to this plan.

New houses in the resettlement area will be constructed using the traditional architecture of the local Tày people. This resettlement area can also accommodate those living in other low-lying areas, not just the households affected by the floods.

Forty houses will be constructed for 40 affected families. Villagers living in low-lying areas will be relocated to the new resettlement area.

Community houses, schools and other infrastructure like roads, electricity and power systems will be built in the resettlement area.

The work of measuring, planning and assessing compensation for site clearance and construction began on Monday. The resettlement area is expected to be completed before December 31.

According to local authorities, the strategic flooding and landslides that hit the village on September 10 have so far left 14 missing and injured 15 people. 

Nủ Village is home to 168 people. The floods swept away thirty-three households.

Trịnh Xuân Trường, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said another resettlement area will also built for residents of Nậm Tông Hamlet where the collapse of Southeast Asia Hydropower Plant’s operation house on September 10 left five people dead.

Lào Cai province will take responsibility for site clearance, opening roads for construction units to transport machinery and equipment and arranging electricity and water infrastructure to serve construction work, he said.

The two resettlement areas will be built thanks to the support of Việt Nam Television's Tấm Lòng Việt (Vietnamese Heart) Fund. VNS