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Key Concepts

• Natural Disaster Impact: Severe flooding and storms causing widespread damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and livelihoods.
• Disaster Response and Mitigation: Government efforts to forecast, warn, and implement solutions for flood prevention and recovery.
• Economic Losses: Significant financial damages reported due to natural disasters.
• Community Resilience: Efforts by local authorities and residents to rebuild and restore affected areas.
• Search and Rescue: Successful rescue operations for individuals lost at sea.

Economic and Social Development Situation in October and First 10 Months of 2025

The Government Office held a regular press conference to provide information on the socio-economic development situation in October and the first 10 months of 2025. A key topic of concern for the press was the solutions for flood prevention and control.

Flood Prevention and Control Measures

1. Northern Mountainous and North Central Regions:

• Cause of Flooding: Water accumulation in high mountainous areas flowing over riverbanks, causing widespread inundation.
• Solutions:
  • Increase flood drainage capacity.
  • Construct dikes to protect important urban areas.

2. Red River Delta:

• Cause of Flooding: Primarily caused by rainfall.
• Solutions:
  • Build and upgrade pumping stations and drainage culverts for proactive water discharge from inland areas to rivers.
  • Strengthen and reinforce dike systems to protect inland areas.

Data on Disaster Impact:

• Fatalities/Missing: 300 people lost or dead due to natural disasters since the beginning of the year.
• Economic Damage: 69,000 billion VND in losses.

Government Directives:

• The Politburo and the Prime Minister have directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to enhance early forecasting and warnings for storms and floods.
• Develop response scenarios for different risk levels and implement early, long-term preparedness measures.

Case Study: Dak Lak Province

• Infrastructure Damage: A local bridge on the road to Buon Ham Mong, Y Kiêt commune, Dak Lak province, was washed away by floodwaters, cutting off transportation and isolating hundreds of households.
  • Approximately 15 meters of the culvert near the bridge abutment and the middle section (3 meters wide) were swept away.
  • The slopes of the access road to the bridge suffered severe landslides.
  • About 50% of the bridge railings were damaged.
• Isolation: The incident isolated the Buon Hop Mong residential area from the commune center.
• Temporary Solution: The commune authorities requested the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee to lend three temporary iron bridges for the construction of a temporary steel bridge deck to ensure traffic for the isolated households.
• Financial Support: The Provincial People's Committee decided to allocate an additional 35 billion VND from the current year's budget reserve to support heavily damaged communes and wards, aiming to help residents stabilize their lives and resume production.

Case Study: Gia Lai Province

• Impact on Fishing Ports: Storm No. 13 caused severe damage to many fishing ports, significantly affecting the seafood trading activities of fishermen.
  • Quy Nhon Fishing Port: Suffered the most severe damage, with key facilities like the seafood processing house, roofing, and electricity/water systems paralyzed.
  • Estimated Damage (Quy Nhon): Approximately 14 billion VND.
  • Total Damage (Quy Nhon and De Li): Up to 20 billion VND.
• Vessel and Aquaculture Damage:
  • 15 boats sunk.
  • 42 boats damaged.
  • 334 aquaculture cages completely destroyed.
• Recovery Needs: Authorities are requesting urgent funding to repair and restore operations at these fishing ports.

Impact on Fishermen and Fishing Vessels in Central Vietnam

• Widespread Damage: Hundreds of fishing boats and vessels in the Central region were sunk or damaged by Storm No. 13.
• Repair Efforts: Boat owners are undertaking repairs to resume fishing activities.
• Challenges:
  • Lack of Capital: A significant hurdle for fishermen, especially those with larger vessels, to finance repairs.
  • Repair Costs:
    • Minor damage: 20-30 million VND.
    • Severe damage to large vessels: Up to hundreds of millions of VND, requiring considerable time for repairs.
• Fishermen's Plea: Residents are appealing for government support and attention to help them repair their boats and resume their livelihoods.
• Initial Damage Statistics (Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Quang Ngai): 96 boats sunk or damaged due to Storm No. 13. The actual number is expected to be higher as local assessments continue.
• Fishermen's Request: Policy support for damaged fishing vessels to facilitate repairs and a return to sea.

Impact on Electricity Grid and Recovery Efforts

• Widespread Damage: The electricity grid in Dak Lak, Gia Lai, and Quang Ngai provinces suffered heavy damage after the storm, leading to widespread power outages.
• Recovery Progress: Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) reports that power restoration in storm-affected provinces will be largely completed by the next day.
  • Over 1.1 million customers (approximately 68% of those who lost power) have had electricity restored.
• Outlook: Hope for swift completion of repair work to help residents quickly stabilize their lives.

Case Study: Hue City

• Economic Losses: Estimated total economic damage of over 3,200 billion VND caused by floods from October 25th to November 1st.
• Flood Impact: Historic flood levels affected 32 out of 40 communes and wards, resulting in 15 fatalities.
• Sectoral Damage:
  • Education and Healthcare: Severely impacted. Many schools closed, and 47 healthcare facilities were flooded.
  • Heritage Sites, Coastlines, and Transportation Infrastructure: Heavily damaged.
  • Agriculture: Hundreds of hectares of rice, corn, and fruit trees were damaged. Thousands of livestock and poultry died or were washed away.
• Recovery Efforts: The agricultural sector in Hue is urgently working to overcome damage and restore production.
• Impact on Flower Cultivation: Many households growing flowers for Tet (Lunar New Year) in Vi Già ward, Hue city, faced complete losses due to inundation.
  • Over 1,000 Tet chrysanthemum plants belonging to Mr. Nguyen Huu Phu were rotted.
  • The efforts of over 3 months of cultivation were lost.
  • Farmers expressed concerns about the timing for replanting and the high percentage of crop loss (70-90%) due to root rot from prolonged submersion.
• Agricultural Infrastructure: Irrigation canals and systems were also severely damaged.
• Requests for Support:
  • Provincial authorities are requested to support crop and livestock varieties for production recovery.
  • Investment in riverbank erosion control to ensure the safety of lives and property.
• Post-Flood Agricultural Recovery: In areas where floodwaters have receded, agricultural departments are guiding farmers on measures to drain water and restore vegetable and aquaculture areas to minimize losses and resume production.
• Proposals to Central Government: Requests for support with seeds and breeds to help farmers recover production.

Rescue of Missing Fishermen

• Incident: Three fishermen from Ly Son island district, Quang Ngai province, went missing at sea.
• Successful Rescue: Authorities confirmed that all three victims were safely recovered after hours of persistent search efforts.
• Challenging Conditions: The rescue was considered a miracle given the rough seas tens of nautical miles offshore.
• Timeline of Rescue:
  • 8:45 AM (Previous Day): Vietnamese-flagged vessel Hai Nam 39, traveling from south to north, spotted and rescued one person drifting in the Tam Quang sea area, Gia Lai province.
  • 4:15 PM: Authorities found Mr. Le Van San floating in the water in the Hoa Tan sea area, Gia Lai province.
  • Approximately 30 minutes later: Mr. Cuong was found by a fishing boat from Quang Binh, en route from Gia Lai to Da Nang.
• Significance: The miraculous return of the three men from Ly Son after braving the storm at sea was attributed to the timely assistance of vessels and rescue forces, bringing immense joy to their families and the community.