VOV.VN - Vietnam in 2025 witnessed one of the most extreme and anomalous years of natural disasters in recent decades, marked by record-breaking intensity, unprecedented damage and a scale of response rarely seen before.

A shipment of humanitarian aid from the Polish Government was handed over to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment at Noi Bai International Airport on December 28 to support disaster recovery efforts in Dak Lak province.

VOV.VN - Despite global uncertainty and severe natural disasters, 2025 marked a transformative year for Vietnam, defined by sweeping governance reforms, robust economic growth, major infrastructure breakthroughs and expanding social welfare. Below are 10 key events selected by Voice of Vietnam Radio (VOV)

VOV.VN - Despite global uncertainty and severe natural disasters, 2025 marked a transformative year for Vietnam, defined by sweeping governance reforms, robust economic growth, major infrastructure breakthroughs and expanding social welfare.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese consumers are expected to prioritise practical and essential spending during the Lunar New Year 2026, the largest festival of the year, as economic headwinds and recent natural disasters weigh on household confidence, according to Numerator, a market research and data technology company.

The year 2025 is recorded as one of the most complex and extreme years for natural disasters in Vietnam, particularly typhoons, heavy rain and flooding. Forecasts indicate that natural disasters next year will continue to evolve unpredictably.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed that the deadline for completing all housing repairs must be met by December 31, 2025, while all the construction of new homes must be finished by January 31, 2026, insisting that these targets will not be changed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the central province of Quang Tri to apply a state of emergency in housing reconstruction for 12 families whose houses collapsed or were damaged in recent natural disasters, with completion required before December 31.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son on December 6 attended the launch for the peak period of the “Quang Trung Campaign”, a Government housing reconstruction initiative for families whose homes were destroyed by recent natural disasters, in D’ran commune of the central province of Lam Dong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued official dispatch No. 234/CD-TTg on the launch of a fast-tracked campaign to rebuild and repair homes destroyed or damaged by the recent series of natural disasters in central localities.