On January 17, information from the People's Committee of Nghe An province said that the locality has issued an emergency construction order to deploy 5 resettlement areas in My Ly, Nhon Mai and Muong Tip communes, in order to arrange accommodation for people heavily damaged by storms No. 3, 5, 10 and flash floods in 2025.
Accordingly, in My Ly commune, 2 large projects will be implemented. The resettlement area in Xieng Tam village has an area of about 15 hectares, with a total investment of 52 billion VND, arranging accommodation for 98 households who completely lost their homes. The resettlement area in Xang Tren village has an area of about 10 hectares, with a total investment of 41 billion VND, serving 82 households.
In Nhon Mai commune, the concentrated resettlement area in Na Hy village is built on an area of about 8 hectares, with a total investment of about 8 billion VND, ensuring safe accommodation for 16 households in Pha Mut village living in high-risk areas.
In Muong Tip commune, the province invests in building a resettlement area for the Xop Tip and Xop Phong village clusters with an area of about 1.7 hectares, arranging accommodation for 23 households. The resettlement area in Ta Do village is built on an area of about 3 hectares, ensuring accommodation for 21 households. The total investment for 2 projects in Muong Tip commune is estimated at 19.5 billion VND.
The resettlement areas are synchronously invested with technical infrastructure, including leveling, internal transportation system, centralized electricity and clean water, and landslide protection embankments, meeting the long-term living needs of the people.
To ensure the completion progress in 2026, the People's Committee of Nghe An province assigned the chairmen of My Ly, Nhon Mai and Muong Tip communes to be the investors, responsible for the progress, quality of the project and the right beneficiaries. Relevant departments and branches are assigned the task of ensuring capital sources and disbursing them promptly according to regulations.
According to statistics, in 2025, Nghe An was heavily affected by many storms and floods, causing 12 deaths, 31 injuries, and more than 106,000 houses damaged, with total estimated damage of nearly 9,000 billion VND.
