Due to heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and big waves, at 10:15 a.m. on September 3, coastal erosion began to take place in the Bai Xep area of group 9, neighborhood 5. About 20 houses are located close to the shore. the sea is directly affected. Among them, a number of houses collapsed.

Officers and soldiers of Region 5 of the Navy transport rubble.

Ms. Tran Thi Chinh in neighborhood 5 worries: "It's been a few days in Phu Quoc, it's been raining and stormy, landslides are under the pool, our people are scared and can't sleep".
Faced with the above situation, on the morning of September 4, the Party Committee and local government asked the Naval Region 5 Command to support the implementation of emergency landslide prevention and control plans. Region 5 Navy has mobilized nearly 50 officers and soldiers to quickly come to the scene to coordinate with on-site forces to organize the removal of people's assets from the landslide area, while at the same time securing their houses and transporting them to the area. Moved dozens of blocks of rubble to shore embankment. With a spirit of urgency and positivity, officers and soldiers of the Navy Region 5 and other forces were immersed in cold rain and heavy waves for many hours continuously to embank the coastal areas that were subsided, landslides, and damaged. to invade deep into residential areas.

Move people's assets out of the landslide area.

Major Pham Huu Truong, Deputy Political Commissar of Battalion 563, Region 5 of the Navy said: "With a high sense of responsibility, officers and soldiers quickly helped people overcome landslides to protect property." property and lives of the people".
Currently, although the tropical depression has weakened, according to the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Civil Defense of Kien Giang province, in the coming hours there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places. There are places where it rains moderately, mainly in the evening and at night. West to southwest wind level 3-4, sometimes gusting level 5 during thunderstorms. In the coastal areas of Rach Gia - Phu Quoc and Tho Chau, the southwest wind is level 4-5, sometimes gusting to level 6, and the sea is sometimes slightly rough.

Officers and soldiers of Region 5 Navy and people embankment.

Mr. Tran Van Tien, Permanent Deputy Secretary, Chairman of An Thoi Ward People's Council said: "We will continue to coordinate with forces to closely monitor the weather situation and landslide developments to help people stabilize their lives." Currently, the weather situation is still extremely complicated, the Party Committee continues to monitor and coordinate with the armed forces to handle bad situations to ensure the lives and property safety of people. people".