On August 7, the Standing Committee of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee met and agreed on a plan to allocate financial resources to recover from the damages caused by the recent Typhoon No. 3 and historic floods. Specifically, the province will utilize VND 300 billion from the central budget and VND 200 billion from local increased revenue and unallocated savings.
Out of the total VND 300 billion from the central budget, Nghe An province decided to allocate funds to four directly impacted and essential areas for civil livelihood: transportation, agriculture and environment, healthcare, and education and training.
Specifically, VND 112 billion will be used to repair damaged roads and rebuild washed-away suspension bridges, ensuring the restoration of safe transportation. An allocation of VND 100 billion will support agricultural production, restore disaster prevention infrastructure, and guarantee rural clean water supply.
In the field of education, VND 50 billion will be utilized to repair and rebuild heavily damaged school infrastructure and purchase teaching equipment. The healthcare sector will also receive support of VND 38 billion to resume operations at affected health stations and centers, purchase medicines, equipment, and tools for medical examination and treatment.
In parallel, from the local budget, the Standing Committee of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has agreed to allocate an additional VND 200 billion to continue investing in the restoration of the transportation system. Priority will be given to repairing key routes such as National Highway 7A, National Highway 16, and some severely damaged and disrupted provincial roads.
Previously, the People’s Committee of Nghe An province also allocated and supplemented VND 205 billion from the provincial budget reserve for 2025 to localities affected by natural disasters. Among them, the three communes of My Ly, Nhon Mai, and Tuong Duong, which suffered very severe damage, were supported with VND 20 billion each. At the same time, the province also allocated VND 145 billion to 16 other heavily affected communes.
In addition to the above budget sources, Nghe An province also allocated VND 112 billion from the provincial Fund for the Poor and Relief through the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province to directly support affected localities and people.
According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Trung, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the province is highly focused on recovering from the natural disaster, with the top priority being to support people to stabilize their lives. Mr. Trung requested that the communes urgently arrange temporary accommodation for households that have lost their homes. By September 2025, at the latest, the localities must complete the arrangement of land and commence the construction of new houses for the people.
Especially in the coming week, Nghe An province will coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security to deploy a 40-day campaign to rebuild houses for the people and schools for students. This campaign will be funded by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee.
The recent floods were unprecedented in Nghe An, causing severe and widespread damage. The total estimated loss amounts to VND 3,635 billion. Among these losses, housing damage accounts for VND 1,545 billion, and transportation infrastructure damage is estimated at VND 1,390 billion. Notably, 16 bridges were washed away or severely damaged, and 9 suspension bridges became unusable.
With the spirit of “leaving no one behind,” Nghe An province is maximizing resources, inter-sectoral coordination, and support from organizations to expedite post-disaster recovery and restore normal life for the people in the flooded areas as soon as possible.
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