Severe rainfall and rising floods had forced the evacuation of 7,253 households, totalling 22,080 people, to safe locations in central Vietnam by 17:30 on October 29, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a field trip to northern Yen Bai province, one of the most affected localities by typhoon Yagi and subsequent flash floods and landslides.

Thailand’s Consulate General in HCM City on Dec.17 presented 50,000 face masks along with and VND108 million (US$4,670) to flood-hit people in the central region through the Vietnam Fatherland Front in the city.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance stated on December 2 that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to entrust the Ministry with the task of allocating 1,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve for Savanakhet province in Laos, an area which has been hard hit by recent natural disasters.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu has received assistance from the German Communist Party (DKP) to support flood-hit people in the central region of Vietnam.

The Vietnamese government has decided to deliver 1,000 tonnes of rice as relief aid to the Lao government to assist flood-hit people in Savanakhet province.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Vietnam Prasanna Gamage on November 9 handed VND66.5 million (US$2,860) donated by Sri Lanka people living in Vietnam to support flood-hit people in the central region.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos held a fundraising ceremony on October 25 to support people in flood-hit areas of central Vietnam.