Viet Nam may deploy helicopters for Typhoon Bualoi relief operations

In an official telegram released on October 2, the Government chief called for swift recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Typhoon Bualoi and floods across northern and north-central regions.

He urged Party Secretaries and chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to urgently assess the damage, particularly to housing, schools, medical facilities, essential infrastructure, and production facilities and report to the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, and the Government Office no later than 10:00 am on October 3.

Immediate priorities include repairing and rebuilding houses, schools, and hospitals; providing temporary shelters for displaced families; and delivering aid to households who lost relatives, property, or livelihoods. Restoration of electricity, telecommunications, and clean water must be completed by October 5 to minimize further disruption to daily life and the economy.

Local authorities were also tasked with restoring transport routes, salvaging sunken vessels, resuming agricultural and aquaculture activities, ensuring adequate supplies of food, water, and other essentials, and preventing hoarding or price gouging.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, as of October 1, the natural disaster  had left 51 people dead or missing and 140 injured.

At least 154 houses were destroyed and over 154,000 damaged or unroofed. Tens of thousands of hectares of rice fields and crops, and aquaculture farms were wiped out, nearly 1,400 schools were damaged, and key infrastructure — including dykes, roads, irrigation systems, power grids, and telecommunications networks — was severely affected. Initial economic losses are estimated at over US$300 million./.