Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen on October 10 chaired a meeting at the Da Phuc Commune Military Command to review the flood response in Trung Gia and Da Phuc communes following the impact of Storm Matmo.

According to the city's Civil Defense Command, as of October 9, flooding had caused serious damage in both communes.

In Da Phuc alone, about 978 hectares of farmland were submerged, mostly rice fields. Several irrigation structures, including canal embankments and pumping stations, suffered minor damage.

Water levels in Da Phuc had dropped by 20–30 centimeters by the morning of October 10, with National Highway 3 still under 40–50 centimeters of water. A total of 1,500 households with 6,500 residents outside the main dyke were evacuated to safe shelters.

In Trung Gia, a 20-meter section of the railway embankment collapsed on October 9, while several dykes overflowed. Eighteen hamlets with 4,040 households and 16,400 residents were isolated by floodwaters.

Local authorities operated pumping stations, deployed 10,600 people, 34 vehicles, four excavators and 60,000 sandbags to reinforce weak dykes. By early October 10, the water level on the Ca Lo River had dropped by three centimeters.

Vice Chairman Quyen commended local governments for their prompt response, saying that despite the severe flooding, losses had been minimized thanks to coordinated efforts from all levels.

He also noted the close attention and direction from the Prime Minister and the city's leaders, including Hanoi's chairman, who stayed in touch and gave instructions while on an overseas trip.

Quyen urged local authorities to ensure no further casualties occur, prioritize sanitation and disinfection after the water recedes and help residents resume normal life and farming as soon as possible.

He directed the railway sector to repair the damaged track within 24 hours, instructed the power company to restore electricity promptly and requested the irrigation unit to prepare mobile pumps for agricultural recovery.

The Department of Industry and Trade must ensure emergency supplies, while the Department of Science and Technology must restore communication networks, he said.

Although floodwaters were subsiding, Quyen warned the two communes to remain alert and maintain 24-hour patrols to monitor dykes.

He asked all departments to review lessons learned and prepare response plans for future incidents.