In the last days of December, coming to Ban Na village, Viet Hong commune, people here are still busy cleaning, repairing, and building houses.
The whole village is like a construction site, many new houses are being built after rain and floods, the appearance is spacious new houses, located in a spacious, flat, and safe place.
While busy digging soil behind the house, Ms. Ha Thi Khang (born 1961, in Na village, Viet Hong commune) shared that storm No. 10 caused extremely heavy damage to her family. Her house was swept away by floods, and her husband also died in that terrible flash flood.
At that time, I almost collapsed completely, my husband died, the house was gone, the fields and gardens were completely buried, and I myself was old and weak," Ms. Khang confided.
Immediately after the natural disaster, the local government urgently started the work of overcoming the natural disaster. Up to now, 3 months have passed, the ruins caused by rain and floods are still there, but people are still trying every day to soon stabilize their lives.
In difficult times, I am very grateful to the Vietnam Fatherland Front and departments, local authorities and philanthropists for promptly encouraging and supporting my family to have a new place to live," Ms. Khang said.
Thanks to the support of all levels and sectors, after choosing a new location, through review and assessment by the local authorities, Ms. Khang's family proceeded to build a new level 4 house about 1km from the old house, located on a high, flat, and safe land area.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Tien Chien - Chairman of Viet Hong Commune People's Committee said - In storm No. 10 alone, the whole commune has nearly 290 houses affected. Among them, 2 houses were completely collapsed, 42 households had to be urgently relocated because their houses in the risky landslide area.
To date, 35 houses have been started construction (9 households have requested to self-repair and stabilize on the spot), 1 household has been completed and 34 households are building, the total budget allocated is more than 3.5 billion VND.
Responding to the "Quang Trung - Speed Up Campaign to build houses for people affected by floods" launched by the Prime Minister and called upon by the Lao Cai Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the locality has mobilized maximum human and material resources to support people in building houses in new residential areas, expected to be completed before February 10, 2026.
