(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked flood-prone localities to devise evacuation plans and reinforce resident and public infrastructure to cope with typhoon Rammasun. At a meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control on Tuesday, Deputy PM Hai directed ministries, agencies and localities to closely monitor Rammasun's developments in the East Sea and to come up with effective prevention plans. He asked border guards to contact offshore fishing vessels near Hoang Sa archipelago to ask them to return or seek out nearby storm shelters. Mr. Hai urged Vietnamese law enforcement vessels on duty near the placement of Chinese oil rig Haiyang 981 to be well-prepared as the typhoon approaches to ensure their safety.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam-PVN) have been urged to ensure the safety of workers at offshore oil platforms, while the Ministry of Transport has been urged to oversee traffic during the storm.