Complete new houses and resettlement for flood victims in January 2026

(Dan Tri) - In a newly issued dispatch, the Prime Minister requested localities to urgently rebuild and resettle households whose houses were swept away by floods, completely collapsed, or severely damaged, to be completed before January 31, 2026.

Telegram 215 was signed and issued by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to urge the focus on restoring production and business and stabilizing people's lives after storms and floods in the Central region.

In late October and early November, localities from Ha Tinh to Dak Lak were continuously hit by natural disasters, storms, and floods, especially the historic prolonged floods in Hue and Da Nang after storms No. 12 and No. 13.

Natural disasters have caused severe damage to people, houses, schools, essential infrastructure (electricity, telecommunications, transportation, irrigation, etc.), production and business, especially aquaculture, greatly affecting people's livelihoods, income and lives.

People in Hue city were shocked by the damage caused by the historic flood (Photo: Tien Thanh).

According to preliminary statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, natural disasters in the region from Ha Tinh to Dak Lak left 90 people dead and missing; 273 people injured; 1,900 houses collapsed, toppled, and swept away; nearly 227,900 houses damaged, with roofs blown off...

Total estimated damage is nearly 27,300 billion VND.

To focus on restoring production and business and quickly stabilizing the people's situation after the storm and flood, the Prime Minister requested local leaders to ensure temporary accommodation for people and urgently support people to repair damaged houses, to be completed before November 20.

The construction of new houses and resettlement for households whose houses were swept away, completely collapsed, or severely damaged by floods, as required by the Prime Minister, must be completed before January 31, 2026, including the construction of a new resettlement area for households in De Gi commune, Gia Lai province.

Along with that, the Prime Minister directed to support people, agencies, and businesses to clean and sanitize houses, roads, schools, medical facilities, offices, and factories to ensure accommodation, study, medical examination and treatment, and quickly restore production and business. This must be completed before November 20.

According to the Prime Minister, localities need to urgently repair essential infrastructure such as electricity, water, telecommunications, traffic, irrigation, dams, etc.

At the same time, localities need to review and synthesize fully and accurately the damage caused by natural disasters; proactively use local budget reserves and other legal resources to support damage caused by natural disasters according to regulations.

The Head of Government noted the need to effectively implement policies to defer, postpone, exempt, and reduce taxes, fees, and charges for organizations, individuals, and businesses that suffered damage due to natural disasters in accordance with the law. Along with that, he said, it is necessary to implement credit policies to restore production and business for people and businesses.

The Governor of the State Bank is assigned to direct banks and credit institutions to implement credit policies (debt deferral, debt deferral, exemption and reduction of bank interest rates, etc.) for organizations, individuals and enterprises affected by natural disasters to restore production and business for people and enterprises.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/thoi-su/xay-xong-nha-moi-tai-dinh-cu-cho-nguoi-dan-vung-lu-trong-thang-12026-20251114090631434.htm