Chairing the Government’s regular meeting on the morning of 6 December, the Prime Minister noted that the impacts of natural disasters and storms could reduce GDP growth in the fourth quarter by around 0.1%, requiring timely compensatory measures.
Expressing sympathy to people and localities severely affected by prolonged and historic natural disasters and flooding, the Prime Minister praised the spirit of solidarity and mutual support of citizens and armed forces nationwide, especially their efforts to overcome challenges, promptly restore socio-economic activities, and ensure people’s livelihoods and local governance.
The Government leader assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, together with relevant agencies, to prioritize the provision of food, essential supplies, medicine, and other necessities to households at risk of food insecurity; address environmental sanitation; restore essential infrastructure; and provide materials, crop seeds, livestock breeds, and veterinary medicines. The Ministry was also tasked with upgrading forecasting and early-warning systems for natural disasters and enhancing community and local-level response capacities, particularly at the commune level.
With the principle of “ensuring national interests and the material and spiritual well-being of the people,” the Prime Minister instructed relevant agencies to complete the repair of 34,350 damaged houses within 2025, and to complete the construction of 1,620 new houses for households whose homes collapsed due to natural disasters by January 2026.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, natural disasters across the country since the beginning of the year have left 409 people dead or missing and 727 injured. More than 3,700 houses were destroyed, and over 333,500 houses were damaged. Additionally, more than 553,000 hectares of rice, 376,000 hectares of other crops, 6.9 million poultry, over 50,000 cattle, 197,000 aquaculture cages, and nearly 59,000 hectares of aquaculture areas suffered damage.
At the meeting, the Prime Minister also pointed out that restructuring and streamlining the administrative apparatus and implementing a two-tier local government model remain difficult and complex tasks, carried out on a large scale and within a short timeframe. As a result, some localities are still facing inconsistencies and shortcomings. Several legal regulations continue to pose obstacles across various sectors, and a portion of officials and civil servants still lack capacity, determination, or willingness to act or take responsibility.
In the coming period, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction to thoroughly review project lists and carefully prepare for the groundbreaking and inauguration ceremonies of major projects scheduled for 19 December, in celebration of the 14th National Party Congress. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment was tasked with accelerating negotiations and mutual recognition of food safety standards to facilitate market access for Viet Nam’s key fruit and vegetable products, and to decisively implement measures to remove the EU’s IUU “Yellow Card” in December 2025.
The Ministry of Science and Technology was tasked with finalizing the dossier for the “National Program on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Development of Strategic Technology Products for Immediate Deployment,” to be submitted to the Prime Minister by 10 December 2025; and to present the National Strategy for Innovation-Driven Startups to the Government within December 2025.
