Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Tran Cam Tu visited the central province of Quang Tri on October 1 to encourage and present assistance to the local people still reeling from the devastation of Typhoon Bualoi.

In the wake of Typhoon Bualoi, the 10th to hit the East Sea/South China Sea this year, and accompanying tornadoes that have caused heavy human and material losses across several northern and north-central localities, including Ninh Binh province, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 30 evening visited the province’s coastal communes – the hardest-hit areas – to inspect and direct recovery efforts.