Hà Nội’s People's Committee has officially declared an emergency over erosion in some communes of Chương Mỹ District.

Amid the peak of the rainy season, dyke violations in Hà Nội are set to rear their ugly head.

Residents must work closely with medical workers to prevent and control epidemics in areas where flood waters have been lingering in Chương Mỹ District for more than 10 days.

Authorities of Hà Nội’s Chương Mỹ District are studying repairing and upgrading the Bùi River dyke using pre-stressed concrete to ensure safety for residents when floodwater overflows, said Ðinh Mạnh Hùng, chairman of the district’s People’s Committee.

Hoàng Văn Thắng, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks about the latest flood control work along the Bùi River in Hà Nội’s outlying district of Chương Mỹ.

Resilience, resignation as Hà Nội district remains under water

If it were not for the stench and the muddy colour of the waters, one could imagine it was Venice.

Hà Nội authorities are ready to relocate about 14,000 residents facing the threat of flooding in the outlying district of Chương Mỹ, an official said.

The daily lives of more than 1,000 families in Hà Nội’s Chương Mỹ District are returning to normal thanks to the resumption of power supply.

Hà Nội will seek funds to relocate hundreds of households living in two communes of Hà Nội’s Chương Mỹ District, the chairman of Hà Nội People's Committee said.

The roads to Nam Hài Village in Hà Nội’s suburban district of Chương Mỹ are so flooded that the village has been receiving safe water via canoes sent daily by the district’s High Command. At the edge of the village in Nam Phương Tiến commune, the water line reaches towards some roofs and treetops.