Empty-handed after the flood
The historic flood has passed for nearly 10 days, the worries and sorrows are still on the faces of farmers in D'ran commune. They are heartbroken because the entire construction enterprise has been swept away by the fierce flood.
Mr. Le Quoc Minh's family (Quang Lac village, D'ran commune) runs a grocery store. Before the flash flood, his family imported goods worth hundreds of millions of VND to sell.
"There is no land for production, so income depends entirely on grocery stores, but the floodwaters have washed away everything. The house they were living in was also completely destroyed by floodwaters. The flood has passed, now there are only two empty hands left," Mr. Minh said sadly.
Faced with the family's difficulties, immediately after the natural disaster, many organizations and benefactors came to encourage and support the family with necessities... to stabilize their lives. D'ran commune has supported 40 million VND for Mr. Minh's family to rebuild a new house.
In the same situation was the family of Mr. Tran Van Phu (Quang Lac village) when the flood completely collapsed the level 4 house and swept away more than 1.5 hectares of crops.
According to Mr. Phu, his house is only a few hundred meters from the Da Nhim Hydropower Plant discharge, so when the hydropower plant releases floodwaters, the garden and house are quickly submerged in water. To ensure safety, his family was supported by local authorities to evacuate urgently.
"When fleeing the flood, the whole family only had time to bring necessary items. When the flood receded, the whole family returned, but the level four house and all the assets built over the past 40 years were swept away by the flood, Mr. Phu said.
Faced with Mr. Phu's family's situation, D'ran commune quickly went to the scene to give 40 million VND. This is an amount of money taken from the budget of D'ran commune, providing emergency support for households who lost their homes.
"There are certainly many difficulties in the coming days, but in this situation, we have to accept and try to overcome them. What warms my heart the most is the timely attention, encouragement and support of organizations, philanthropists and local authorities to help my family recover from the disaster, Mr. Phu shared.
Focus on helping people stabilize their lives after the flood
D'ran commune, Lam Dong province is a locality that suffered heavy damage in the recent flood, with an estimated damage of more than 440 billion VND.
During the recent historic flood, D'ran commune had 15 other houses completely collapsed. Households whose houses collapsed have received timely support. From the local budget, D'ran commune supported 40 million VND/household to rebuild the house.
The local government is also mobilizing maximum resources and human resources to support people in the process of rebuilding their houses, striving to complete and hand over new houses to households before the Lunar New Year 2026.
According to Mr. Dinh Viet Dung - Chairman of D'Ran Commune People's Committee, from November 19 to 20, the commune experienced floods, affecting 31 villages. D'ran commune has deployed forces to coordinate with provincial forces to be present at the scene to respond and ensure food and provisions for people after evacuation to a safe place.
After the flood receded, D'ran commune mobilized all resources to support people to overcome the consequences and at the same time made a plan to arrange resettlement areas for people living near the discharge gate of Da Nhim Hydropower Plant.
"The commune government is coordinating with specialized agencies to review all areas at risk of deep flooding to find long-term solutions to help people stabilize their lives," Mr. Dung added.
Currently, Lam Dong province has announced the level of support for house construction for households whose houses have collapsed, are washed away, or are completely damaged. For completely collapsed houses, the maximum support is 120 million VND/house (40 million VND from the commune budget and 80 million VND from the provincial Fatherland Front). The province strives to complete the construction of new houses for households affected by natural disasters before January 31, 2026.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Consecutive storms and floods caused by storms have caused many deaths, missing people, and injuries; many houses and production and business establishments have had their roofs blown off and suffered heavy damage. People across the Central and Northern mountainous provinces are struggling day and night to cope with floods and heavy losses in human lives and property that cannot be mentioned...
"A piece of food when hungry is worth a package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Social Charity Fund calls on domestic and foreign philanthropists to join hands to share with people affected by floods to have food, clothing, shelter, students have books to go to school...
The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious feelings of agencies, businesses, and domestic and foreign philanthropists.
Please send any help to: Golden Heart Social Society Fund, No. 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Phone: 024.39232756. Account number (STK): 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi. STK: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank - Hanoi Branch, STK: 12410001122556 - at BIDV - Hoan Kiem Branch. Or scan the following QR code:
