With the goal of leaving no one behind, ensuring that every resident has a warm Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration in 2025, Quang Yen township in the northern province of Quang Ninh, which was hard hit by Super Typhoon Yagi in early September 2024, has mobilised social resources and allocated budget funds to promptly assist people in repairing and rebuilding homes, especially for households affected by the typhoon.
Super Typhoon Yagi, known in Vietnam as Typhoon No. 3, has left devastating impacts on the northern provinces of Vietnam. Authorities are working closely with communities to swiftly address the storm’s aftermath.
Heavy rains and floods triggered by super typhoon Yagi, one of the strongest to hit Vietnam in decades, had left 181 dead and 145 missing as of 10:00 pm on September 11, statistics show.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has cabled his deepest condolences to the Party, Government and people of Vietnam over human and property losses caused by super typhoon Yagi.
Super Typhoon Yagi has passed, but its effects continue to severely impact northern regions of Vietnam. The country is intensifying efforts to recover from the damage.
The tourism sector of Quang Ninh province, hard hit by Super Typhoon Yagi on September 7, is taking urgent action to overcome severe consequences of the storm and get its tourism back on track. The super typhoon is said to be the strongest to hit Vietnam in dozens of years.
According to the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), preliminary damage reports from localities as of 6 a.m. on September 9 indicate that 26 people have died or gone missing (an increase of 7 since the September 7 report) due to the impact of Super typhoon Yagi. The disaster also caused injuries to 247 people (61 more than reported on September 7).
The northern province of Hung Yen is making efforts to restore the electricity system to serve its local people as super typhoon Yagi, which hit the northern region on September 7, has caused widespread power outages across the locality.
On the morning of September 8, after super typhoon Yagi passed, staff and teachers in many schools in Hanoi are working urgently to clean up and prepare for students' return.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 7 asked ministries, agencies and localities to implement priority tasks and solutions in order to spur growth this year and 2025, making up for the sluggishness in the previous years due to COVID-19 impacts.
At around 1:45 PM on September 7, super typhoon Yagi hits Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province, and continues to maintain its strength with winds of level 16-17.
Considering the storm's intensity and high level of disaster risk, after discussions and reports from various units, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam Dinh Viet Thang has ordered a temporary suspension of aircraft operations at four airports in Vietnam (three in the north, and one in the central region).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed Vietnamese representative agencies in China and the Philippines to proactively coordinate with local authorities to secure safe harbour for Vietnamese vessels, support rescue operations and ship repairs if necessary, said its spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.
