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Viewing cable 07HOCHIMINHCITY1240, HUE FLOOD AFTERMATH: LARGE AGRICULTURAL LOSSES BUT NO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HOCHIMINHCITY1240 2007-12-14 11:40 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO1938
OO RUEHDT RUEHPB
DE RUEHHM #1240 3481140
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O P 141140Z DEC 07
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3454
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 2373
RUCNARF/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA PRIORITY
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 3673
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 001240 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS 
TREASURY FOR SCHUN 
HHS/OSSI PASS TO OGHA (WSTIEGER/LVALDEZ/CHICKEY) 
CDC FOR OGHA (SBLOUT/KMCCALL) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO PGOV ECON EAGR SENV CASC VM
SUBJECT: HUE FLOOD AFTERMATH: LARGE AGRICULTURAL LOSSES BUT NO 
EPIDEMIC 
 
REF: A) HANOI 1929; B) HANOI 1924 
 
1. (U) Summary.  In the aftermath of the November floods that 
ravaged central Vietnam, effective co-operation between 
provincial health agencies and financial and food aid from the 
central government were essential to stabilizing 
flood-traumatized Thua Thien Hue province.  Local officials 
assess that adequate supply of medical necessities (vaccines and 
disinfectants) and pro-active public health strategies (e.g., 
disinfecting railroad stations) have to date averted a major 
health catastrophe in the region.  End Summary. 
 
Disaster-Prone Topography, Climate, and Demographics 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
2. (U) The five meters (almost 200 inches) of annual rainfall in 
the western highlands of Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue province 
produces a massive runoff that is exacerbated by the steep 
gradient of the region's rivers in their short 80 km (50 miles) 
descent to the coastal lagoon system.  The region's 22,000 
hectares (54,000 acres) of lagoons, with only two outlets to the 
sea, function as enormous catch basins for flood runoff 
containing human and animal waste, carrion, and decaying plant 
matter.  Hue city is a major tourist destination and the 
country's main rail and road arteries bisect the province, 
heightening the threat posed by epidemics. 
 
3. (U) Health workers from the Thua Thien Hue Province 
Department of Health (DoH) and the Preventive Medicine Center 
(PMC) told DPO and EconOff November 29 that five waves of 
flooding compelled a range of public health efforts.  Since only 
a little more than half of rural residents had access to clean 
water, preventing water-borne disease epidemics was the primary 
concern.  Authorities administered oral cholera vaccine to 
350,000 high-risk flood victims, especially those living near 
the lagoon system, and provided 10,000 liters of chloramine 
solution to disinfect contaminated wells.  To forestall the 
spread of disease, mobile health teams staffed by DoH and PMC 
workers decontaminated bus and train stations filled with 
stranded travelers.  To date the central government has provided 
the province with 65 billion VND (approximately four million 
USD) and 2500 tons of rice for flood mitigation efforts. 
 
4. (U) Officials from the provincial Department of Agriculture 
and Rural Development (DARD), the Steering Committee for Flood 
and Storm Control and the Animal Health Bureau (AHB) described 
agricultural losses, which include 1000 tons of rice, 300 tons 
of peanuts, 1200 pigs, and fifteen thousand poultry.  While the 
fall harvest is over, it will be difficult to complete December 
planting for the spring harvest.  Officials have vaccinated 
100,000 livestock for hoof and mouth disease, and are conducting 
food safety and animal health inspections of abattoirs and 
marketplaces. 
 
"Cholera could break out tomorrow" 
---------------------------------- 
5. (SBU)  As an indication of the tenuous nature of the status 
quo, however, health officials seemed genuinely surprised that 
they have averted a cholera epidemic, and repeatedly 
acknowledged that 'an outbreak could occur tomorrow'. 
 
Comment: 
-------- 
6. (SBU) Comment:  USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance 
has worked closely with Thua Thien Hue authorities, providing 
river flood warning alert systems and historical flood mapping 
and training on disaster mitigation.  The central coast of 
Vietnam sees some degree of flooding every year, so provincial 
and national health agencies already have a history of 
co-operation.  However, the degree of flooding this year put 
these arrangements to the test.  In contrast to the central 
government officials' fixation on the term "acute diarrhea" 
(refB), regional officials did not shy away from "cholera" 
demonstrating that regional officials do not overtly share 
Hanoi's fears of imperiling agricultural exports.  End comment. 
 
7. (U) This cable has been coordinated with Embassy Hanoi. 
 
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