After a long period of flooding, La Huong safe vegetable farm (Cam Le ward, Da Nang) has died and rotted after a period of flooding. Not only is the crop lost, many households are at risk of being left empty-handed when all their capital is focused on the year-end vegetable crop.
There are about 3,500m2 of all kinds of vegetables such as water spinach, Malabar spinach, sweet potato leaves, corn, onions, garlic... but for nearly a month now, the family of Ms. Phan Thi Chinh (growing vegetables in La Huong, Da Nang) has had to buy a bunch of vegetables, run around every meal because all the crops were soaked in floodwater.
Not only the damage to crops, all agricultural tools and fertilizers of many households in La Huong vegetable village are also broken.
Ms. Chinh and many households in recent days have taken advantage of the dry weather to pick damaged vegetables and plant short-term vegetables to serve the last months of the year and the upcoming Tet crop.
"Never before have vegetable growers like me had to buy bunches of vegetables and eat them every meal. This morning I also went to buy a bunch of water spinach from an acquaintance for 20,000 VND/bunch, selling it outside for 30,000-35,000 VND/bunch" - Ms. Chinh said.
Taking the opportunity to clean up the damaged fertilizer sacks, Mr. Nguyen Van Xuan (name of the character requested to be changed, Cam Le ward) was frustrated that in less than a month, the largest vegetable area in Da Nang was flooded up to 3 times.
Asked about the plan to sow for the Tet crop, Mr. Xuan was tired and considered this year's farming as "gambling" with God, not knowing whether he would win or lose. Many households here can only manage to cultivate, borrow from acquaintances to buy seeds, and grow some types of short-term vegetables to earn a few dong.
The La Huong safe vegetable area (Da Nang) is nearly 7.5 hectares wide with more than 50 farming households. The only way to get to the vegetable area at the foot of Cam Le bridge has been heavily flooded in recent days. Vegetable growers and long-time farmers here believe that there has never been a year with such a continuous and persistent flood like this year.
The report of the Da Nang City Agricultural Extension Center shows that the flood that lasted from October 25 to November 3, 2025, along with the impact of storm No. 13 (Kalmaegi) caused unprecedented damage to the city's agriculture.
It is estimated that more than 358 hectares of rice, 1,172 hectares of vegetables, 745 hectares of perennial trees, 213 hectares of fruit trees and 438 hectares of forest along with hundreds of thousands of flower pots and ornamental plants were severely damaged. The total damage to Da Nang City is estimated at more than VND 3,100 billion.
In this situation, Da Nang City has activated the entire response system, from issuing the city's directive and management documents to deploying forces to the grassroots to support people in harvesting, reinforcing barns, clearing the flow, creating conditions for production not to break.
Communes and wards in Da Nang City have proactively and seriously implemented the "4 on-site" motto, helping to minimize damage when floods are still complicated.
