Sustainable livelihoods for disaster-stricken areas

Following extreme rains and floods from July 2025, western Nghe An province and the Dien Bien Dong area were submerged. Typhoon No. 5 (Kajiki) at the end of August 2025 continued to devastate the North Central region. At the end of September 2025, Typhoon No. 10 (Bualoi), with its devastating power, continued to cause enormous damage to people and property over a vast area.

Images broadcast from the disaster-stricken areas in recent days have been truly shocking to those familiar with the Northwest, Northeast, Red River Delta, and North Central regions of Vietnam. In Ha Giang, known as the far northern highlands, news reports now include another milestone: the current flood peak has surpassed the historic flood of 1969, with houses in the urban center of Ha Giang submerged up to the second floor. Cao Bang is also submerged in vast floodwaters.

The road from Yen Bai to Mu Cang Chai, a paradise of terraced rice fields preparing for the golden harvest festival, has been completely destroyed by landslides for several kilometers through Khau Pha Pass. Live video clips showing landslides throwing cars into ravines in Cat Cat tourist village ( Sa Pa ) or mudslides on O Quy Ho Pass make the story of natural disasters seem more devastating than ever.

Along with live clips from mountainous areas, images of coastal villages devastated by tornadoes, people setting up makeshift tents by the roadside to hold funerals for those killed by the natural disaster, and multi-billion-dong villas in the Xuan Thanh tourist area (Ha Tinh) also collapsing – all portray scenes of chaos and tragedy.

Amidst this tragedy, the Vietnamese people's compassion continues to shine brightly with the spirit of "When faced with hardship, people of the same nation must show compassion for one another." Vingroup Corporation has decided to provide 500 billion VND to help those affected by the natural disaster, with very specific support levels, and has committed to increasing the budget if the actual damage exceeds the projected amount.

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Influential artists in the community also quickly shared their support with people in the flood-affected areas, such as singer Ha Anh Tuan who donated 1.3 billion VND, and singer My Tam who contributed 500 million VND… Above all, millions of Vietnamese people have been sharing every kilogram of rice and every packet of instant noodles to help their compatriots, upholding the centuries-old tradition of sharing food and clothing.

The relief supplies that were just delivered to those affected by the previous floods have now become their emergency "lifelines" in this flood. Even more tragic is that many cattle, calves, and other belongings that aided the people to start a new life have been swept away by this natural disaster.

The books and notebooks, still smelling of fresh paper, that had just been handed to the students were now submerged by the rising floodwaters. The houses that had just been propped up were once again toppled and tilted by this storm. The village roads and alleys, covered in mud, moss, and debris, which the soldiers had helped clean up, are now in a state of utter devastation, just like after the previous flood…

People in Central Vietnam have a folk song about resilience and indomitable spirit in the face of hardship: "You buy ten chicken eggs at the market to hatch, but seven are rotten, and three hatch into chicks that are carried away by a kite, caught by a crow, and eaten by a bird." This story illustrates the cycle of "floods upon floods, storms upon storms," ​​and the saying "good fortune never comes twice, misfortune never comes alone" in the struggle for survival. Of course, no one can rely solely on that folk song to motivate themselves to live on!

Constantly facing natural disasters, no matter how great the damage, we will all stand up and overcome the difficulties together, as we have experienced before. However, with the increasing intensity of damage caused by natural disasters, and the current news about "reorganizing the country," we should consider replanning the lives of people in areas frequently hit by natural disasters.

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Everything should be calculated and planned within a long-term and sustainable livelihood program from the Party and the State, and not just rely on the compassion of the community after each difficult period...

AN DU

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/sinh-ke-ben-vung-cho-vung-thien-tai-post816058.html