The dispatch noted that since the beginning of 2025, natural disasters have claimed 29 lives and left several others missing. A total of 67 houses have collapsed, and 2,342 homes have been unroofed or damaged.
The 2024 VNA Press Awards once again honour the dedication, courage and sacrifice of its journalists, those who go to great lengths, often in the most challenging environments, to deliver timely and meaningful news.
The Embassy of Japan in Vietnam will provide non-refundable aid to areas severely impacted by super typhoon Yagi in September last year. Recipients include the local authorities of Bat Xat, Bac Ha and Bao Yen communes in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
The natural disasters of 2024 were devastating and extreme, leaving 514 people dead or missing and causing estimated economic losses of over 88.748 trillion VND (3.48 billion USD).
PVI Insurance has made history as the first and only non-life insurance company in Vietnam to exceed 20 trillion VND (roughly 800 million USD) in revenue in 2024.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 attended the inauguration ceremony of the resettlement area projects in three villages of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai which had been severely affected by flash floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi in early September.
The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Phu Tho on December 21 started the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge on National Highway 32C to replace the old one, which collapsed as a result of Typhoon Yagi.
The Vietnamese manufacturing sector remained in growth territory in November but overall business conditions improved to a lesser extent than in the previous month as slower rises in output and new orders were recorded, according to the S&P Global.
Farmers in the Phung Cong flower and ornamental plant village in Van Giang district, in the northern province of Hung Yen have undertaken efforts to restart farming operations after Super Typhoon Yagi hit locality in early September.
The Central Relief Committee under the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) has allocated more than 2.04 trillion VND (80.3 million USD) to provinces and cities severely impacted by Typhoon Yagi, which made a landfall in Vietnam on September 7.
To date, 35 credit institutions have announced support packages totaling 405 trillion VND (16 billion USD) to continue lending to businesses and individuals affected by storms and floods, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong told a question-and-answer session at the 15th National Assembly’s eighth sitting on November 11.
The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI rose to 51.2 in October from 47.3 in September, marking a return above the 50-point threshold after disruptions caused by Typhoon Yagi.
Amidst rapid reconstruction and efforts to stabilise lives following the recent floods, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai is mobilising resources to eliminate makeshift and deteriorating homes, supporting families in rebuilding their lives and housing after Typhoon Yagi, known as Typhoon No.3 in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese manufacturing sector in October started to recover from the effects of September's Typhoon Yagi, recording renewed increases in both output and new orders, according to S&P Global.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee has received humanitarian response and early recovery support from the European Union and its member states through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)' Emergency Appeal to assist the Vietnamese people affected by Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floodings.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently signed an official dispatch, urging competent ministries and localities to promote post-Typhoon Yagi agricultural production recovery as the process has remained sluggish and faced formidable challenges.
As much as 130,300 NOK (nearly 12,000 USD) was donated by Vietnamese people in Norway in support of the homeland’s disaster relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent floods and landslides.
Governor of Fukushima Uchibori Masao on October 17 visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to hand over a donation in cash from the Japanese refecture's residents to help Vietnamese people to overcome the consequences of Typhoon Yagi.
A delegation of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) led by Deputy General Director Nguyen Thi Su attended the 6th World Media Summit (WMS), which opened on October 14 in Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has committed 1 million USD to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support Vietnam's recovery efforts under the “Inclusive early recovery and reconstruction programme after Typhoon Yagi”.
