Party Central Committee Office raises fund to support storm victims

Party General Secretary To Lam, Politburo member and standing member of the 14th Party Congress Document Subcommittee Nguyen Van Nen, joined officials, staff, and employees at the event, with each contributing at least one day’s salary to the relief fund.

In his address, General Secretary Lam offered the most profound condolences to families mourning loved ones and extended a hand of solidarity to those wrestling with loss and hardship in the storm’s wake.

He stressed the critical need for cities and provinces to deploy military, police and youth forces and vehicles for search-and-rescue operations, home repairs, and the supply of temporary shelter, food, water, and essential supplies.

The leader called for a rapid rebuilding of schools and health facilities, ensuring that students are not deprived of education and residents retain access to medical care. The priority, he stressed, must be the prompt addressing of the storm and flood aftermath, with a focus on ensuring shelter and restoring essential services such as transportation, electricity, water, telecommunications, healthcare, and education, especially in isolated or severely affected areas.

As of 3pm on October 2, the scale of Bualoi’s devastation was stark: 40 lives lost, 21 people missing, and 150 injured. The storm razed 185 homes, damaged over 167,000 others, and flooded more than 58,800. It affected 1,435 schools, submerged nearly 52,500 ha of crops, and destroyed over 15,300 ha of aquaculture. Hundreds of thousands of livestock and poultry perished. Landslides carved away nearly 22km of river and sea embankments, while 8,485 power poles and almost 80,000 trees fell, snarling roads and upending lives.