Ensuring people in disaster-hit areas in the Central region have new homes to celebrate Tet

The Prime Minister has just signed and issued an Official Dispatch on urgently collecting statistics, assessing damage and focusing on quickly overcoming the consequences of storms and floods in the Central region.

Telegrams sent to Secretaries and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities: Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang , Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee.

Make a list of households needing housing support before November 14

In late October and early November, localities from Ha Tinh to Dak Lak were continuously hit by natural disasters, storms, floods, especially the historic long-lasting floods in Hue and Da Nang after storm No. 12; storm No. 13 with strong winds. "Floods on floods, storms on storms" caused heavy damage to people, houses, schools, essential infrastructure, production and business, especially aquaculture, greatly affecting people's livelihoods, incomes and lives.

The damage caused by the recent natural disaster is huge, requiring a lot of State resources and the cooperation of the whole society to support people in disaster-stricken areas to overcome the consequences, restore production and business, and quickly stabilize their lives.

Following the Official Dispatch No. 212/CD-TTg dated November 7, 2025, in the recent dispatch, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the Secretaries and Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to direct the continued review and complete and accurate statistics of food support needs. In addition, timely support for accommodation, food, and necessities for affected households that have not been able to restore production and business activities, and are at risk of hunger, paying special attention to households whose houses have collapsed or washed away, policy households, and disadvantaged households.

Localities direct local authorities and functional agencies to urgently review, make complete and accurate statistics, and make a list of households whose houses have collapsed, drifted away, or suffered severe damage that cannot be restored, poor households, and policy beneficiaries whose houses have been damaged or have had their roofs blown off by storms and floods to focus on immediately implementing State support policies according to current regulations before November 14, 2025.

At the same time, mobilize additional resources from the Fatherland Front, businesses, philanthropists, organizations, individuals and arrange forces to support people in rebuilding their houses, completing before December 31, 2025, ensuring people have new houses to celebrate the New Year and Lunar New Year.

The Tay Ho Commune Shock Force (Da Nang) helps people repair houses with blown-off roofs. Photo: Chinhphu.vn.

For households that cannot rebuild their houses at their old places and are forced to relocate to ensure safety, local authorities must proactively arrange and allocate land funds in places that ensure safety for the people. The process of reviewing, evaluating, making statistics, making lists and organizing support must ensure publicity, transparency, and prevent profiteering, corruption, negativity and waste.

The Prime Minister also directed localities to urgently review and determine specific support needs for plant varieties, livestock and other necessary materials to restore agricultural production, and send them to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment before November 15, 2025 for synthesis and coordination with relevant agencies to promptly handle and immediately issue goods in accordance with regulations on the list of national reserve goods.

For plant varieties, livestock, and materials not on the list of national reserves, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment coordinates, guides, and supports localities in contacting seed production facilities and service providers to promptly supplement supplies to support people in restoring production immediately after storms and floods, and soon stabilize people's lives.

Focus on immediately restoring essential infrastructure works, first of all schools, medical stations, and hospitals to ensure learning for students and medical examination and treatment services for people immediately after storms and floods; quickly overcome incidents to restore electricity, water, and telecommunication services; repair traffic works, irrigation works, dams, and dykes that have been damaged or lost in natural disasters.

Effectively use the budget reserve and local resources, along with the funding supported by the Prime Minister and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, to proactively implement support policies and carry out urgent tasks to overcome the consequences of natural disasters in accordance with regulations.

Synthesize a complete and accurate report on the damage situation, storm and flood recovery work in the area, and propose specific support needs from the central government (if any) to the Government Office, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and relevant agencies by November 13, 2025 to synthesize and report to the Prime Minister according to regulations.

Research has preferential credit packages to support people

The Prime Minister requested the Minister of Agriculture and Environment to direct and guide localities to synchronously implement measures to overcome consequences and restore agricultural production after storms and floods. Synthesize and promptly coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to resolve local requests for support with materials, chemicals, plant varieties and livestock to restore production after storms and floods; report to the Prime Minister on implementation results before November 14, 2025.

The Minister of Finance directed the immediate implementation of support policies and timely payment of insurance to businesses to restore production and business activities after storms and floods. At the same time, coordinate with relevant agencies to promptly handle according to their authority or report to competent authorities to handle proposals for support to overcome the consequences of storms and floods of localities for national reserves in accordance with the provisions of law.

The Ministry of Finance also presides over and coordinates with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and relevant agencies to review and synthesize the need for support from the central budget of localities, propose and report to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision in accordance with the provisions of the law on the state budget and the law on natural disaster prevention and control before November 14, 2025.

The State Bank of Vietnam is researching preferential credit packages to support people and businesses in overcoming the consequences of floods and storms and restoring production and business.

On the morning of November 13, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited people and businesses affected by storm 13 in Gia Lai. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac.

The Ministers of Construction, Industry and Trade, Science and Technology and relevant ministries and branches, according to their functions, tasks and authority, proactively direct relevant agencies and units to continue to coordinate and support localities to focus on quickly overcoming the consequences of recent storms and floods, especially ensuring the restoration of activities and services in education, health care, electricity, telecommunications, transportation, water supply and drainage.

The Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Public Security direct the deployment of military, police and other forces at the request of localities to continue supporting people in overcoming the consequences of storms and floods, especially in restoring educational and medical facilities, housing, traffic works, etc.

The Prime Minister assigned Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc to direct the general handling of the balancing and arrangement of central reserves and contingencies to support overcoming the consequences of storms and floods. The Government Office shall monitor and urge the implementation of this Official Dispatch according to its assigned functions and tasks; promptly report to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the field on sudden and arising issues.

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