Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, accompanied by a central working delegation, visited the central province of Ha Tinh on September 30 to encourage local people and support recovery efforts following Typhoon Bualoi.

Northern and central localities are grappling with the widespread impacts of Typhoon Kajiki, the fifth storm to arise in the East Sea/South China Sea this year, which has brought torrential rain, flooding, and strong winds across multiple provinces.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter of commendation to Mua A Thi, a 26-year-old village chief in the northern province of Dien Bien, for his bravery and swift actions in rescuing his villagers during a devastating flash flood.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a telegram on the urgent response to the consequences of rains and floods in Dien Bien Province and on responding to landslides and flash floods in northern mountainous provinces.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Civil Defence Steering Committee, has called for enhancing preparedness at the grassroots level, stressing that communes, wards, and special zones must act as “fortresses” in civil defence, especially disaster prevention, response and recovery.

The northern provinces are facing the arrival of storm No. 3 (Wipha), which has a forecast path quite similar to that of storm Yagi (2024), directly affecting coastal areas from Quang Ninh Province to Thanh Hoa Province, causing strong winds and heavy rains in the northern and north central provinces.