Stabilizing people's lives, restoring production and business after the storm

The Government has just issued Resolution No. 347/NQ-CP on key tasks and solutions to urgently overcome the consequences of natural disasters after storm No. 11, quickly stabilize people's lives, promote production and business recovery, actively promote economic growth, and control inflation well.

Vinh Hien Border Guard Station ( Hue City Border Guard) supports teachers and students of Loc Binh Kindergarten, Hue City to clean the environment as soon as the flood recedes.

In particular, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Finance to effectively implement policies on tax, fee, charge exemption, and extension for land rent... for those affected and damaged by storms, floods, landslides; and direct insurance companies to urgently review and pay insurance benefits to affected customers.

The State Bank of Vietnam directs credit institutions to implement solutions to remove difficulties for customers such as restructuring debt repayment terms, exempting and reducing interest and fees for damaged customers; immediately deploying credit packages for customers in damaged localities to restore production and business with preferential lending interest rates lower than normal lending interest rates; reducing lending interest rates by 0.5% - 2%/year for 3-6 months for existing outstanding debts of customers damaged by storms and floods...

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies submitted to the Prime Minister a decision to reduce lending interest rates by 2% per year for customers in localities affected by storms and floods. The reduction in lending interest rates applies to loans with outstanding balances at the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies from October 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025. Ministries, agencies, and localities must ensure adequate supply of goods; strictly handle acts of speculation, hoarding, price increases, and price manipulation according to the law.

* On October 25, the People's Committee of Hue City issued a decision to declare a natural disaster emergency to overcome the damage caused by coastal erosion in Tan An Hai village, Phu Loc commune, caused by storm No. 12. In recent days, high tides combined with heavy rains have caused serious erosion in this area, about 500m long, eroding 10-15m deep into the mainland, up to 20m in some places, directly eroding the coastal traffic route by 0.5-2m.

On the same day, hundreds of military and border guards marched to schools in low-lying wards and communes of Hue City to assist in cleaning and sanitizing classrooms as soon as the water receded, ready to welcome students back to school early next week. Mr. Nguyen Tan, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Hue City, said that by the afternoon of October 25, schools in the central and highland areas had basically completed cleaning and stabilizing facilities. However, in low-lying areas, the water receded slowly, so the cleaning work was still being urgently implemented.

* On October 25, the People's Committee of Dong Thap province said that the flood combined with high tides and heavy rains from October 8 to 16 caused 155 landslides with a total length of more than 19km, collapsing 18 houses, affecting 25 others, causing damage of about 30 billion VND. In addition, rising water flooded 17 houses and 5 classrooms in Sa Dec, Cao Lanh and neighboring areas, causing damage of more than 8.6 billion VND. In Vinh Long, the high tide from October 7 to 24 caused widespread flooding, affecting more than 2,900 hectares of crops, nearly 2.6 hectares of aquaculture ponds, causing a 15m-long landslide on Thanh Long islet dike. Vinh Long is currently reviewing and upgrading the dike and irrigation system and preparing a resettlement project for more than 1,000 households in disaster areas, with a total cost of more than 302 billion VND.

* The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that a new cold air mass is strengthening in the Northern and Central regions from October 26. The northern provinces, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An continue to be cold, and the mountainous areas will be cold at night and in the morning.

The lowest temperature during this period is around 19-22 ^degrees Celsius, in mountainous areas it may drop below 17 ^degrees Celsius. The meteorological agency also warned that due to the strengthening of cold air combined with high-altitude easterly wind disturbances, the area from South Quang Tri to Da Nang, as well as the eastern part of the provinces from Quang Ngai to Dak Lak will have moderate rain, heavy rain, and in some places very heavy rain and thunderstorms.

On the afternoon of October 25, at Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi), the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, received an emergency international aid shipment from Singapore to deliver to people in Tuyen Quang province affected by storms and floods in September and October.

As of October 24, embassies, international organizations and partners have provided and pledged aid to localities affected by storms No. 10 and No. 11 in Vietnam with a total value of nearly 9.4 million USD. This emergency aid includes cash, supplies and essential equipment to support people in the provinces of Lang Son, Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh and Ha Tinh.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/on-dinh-doi-song-nhan-dan-khoi-phuc-san-xuat-kinh-doanh-sau-bao-post819978.html