As climate change becomes increasingly complex, natural disasters are growing more erratic and extreme in both frequency and intensity.

In response to the particularly serious loss of life and property caused by flash floods and landslides in Nepal, the Party, State and people of Viet Nam have decided to provide 300,000 USD in emergency humanitarian aid to help the Nepalese Government and people overcome the consequences of the natural disasters.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam cabled his condolences to General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping following recent severe rains, flooding, tornadoes and landslides that have caused significant loss of life and property in several localities in China.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has delivered a letter on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Traditional Day on Natural Disaster Prevention (May 22, 1946 – 2026).

The Japanese Embassy in Viet Nam and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Viet Nam on February 10 jointly held a ceremony to sign an exchange of notes for a project to strengthen children’s resilience to natural disasters and climate change through integrating disaster risk reduction education in Viet Nam.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on January 23 announced an emergency assistance package worth approximately 740,000 USD to help Viet Nam protect cultural heritage and sustain education in areas heavily affected by a series of severe storms that struck the country in November 2025.

The General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army on January 9 issued an urgent dispatch calling for the maximum mobilisation of personnel and equipment to complete the Quang Trung Campaign, which focuses on rebuilding houses for residents affected by natural disasters.

The Ministry of Public Security on January 9 held a ceremony in Thuong Duc commune, Da Nang city, to review the “Quang Trung Campaign,” under which the force swiftly built and repaired houses for families whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged by natural disasters in the central and Central Highlands regions.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 chaired a conference reviewing the rapid “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair houses damaged by storms and floods in the central region, calling for efforts to complete the humanitarian campaign by the end of January to celebrate the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed that the deadline for completing all housing repairs must be met by December 31, 2025, while all the construction of new homes must be finished by January 31, 2026, insisting that these targets will not be changed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called the rebuilding and repairing of houses destroyed or severely damaged by recent storms and floods a mandate from the heart, urging all authorities to see it not as a normal political mission but as a moral commitment to the people.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the morning of December 9 ordered accelerating construction and repair of homes for residents affected by storms and floods, stressing that any shortfalls must be addressed.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has proactively rolled out low-interest credit packages and programmes to support people and businesses hit by storms and floods to restore production and business activities, in line with directives from the Government and the Prime Minister, according to SBV Deputy Governor Pham Thanh Ha.

All relevant agencies are working urgently to implement the Prime Minister’s directions on the implementation of the “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair houses damaged by recent storms and floods in the central region, ensuring that all affected residents have safe homes to welcome the Lunar New Year, an official has said.

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced that it will distribute free textbooks, provide learning materials and clothing to pupils in flood-affected areas, and deploy in-school psychological counselling programmes for pupils experiencing trauma after the disaster, particularly in Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Lam Dong.

Successive and severe natural disasters that have struck Viet Nam since the beginning of this year have left 409 people dead or missing and 727 others injured, with estimated economic losses of more than 85 trillion VND (3.2 billion USD).

Before continuing its ongoing 10th session on November 24, the National Assembly (NA) observed a minute’s silence in memory of those who lost their lives in recent storms and floods, and launched a fundraising campaign to support people in disaster-hit areas to overcome hardship.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch, urging ministries, sectors and local authorities in the south-central region to focus on recovery efforts, restoring production and business activities, and stabilising people’s lives after recent floods.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh visited Dong Hoa ward in Dak Lak province at midnight on November 22, one of the areas hardest hit by the recent floods.

Tran Nam Hung, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang City People’s Committee, signed an official dispatch on November 19, approving a policy to provide 18 billion VND in emergency support from the city’s budget to localities in order to directly assist affected residents and promptly restore essential infrastructure damaged by recent floods.