Viet Nam Monsoon Flood 2025 - DREF Operational Update (MDRVN025), 22 May 2026
Country: Viet Nam
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Description of the Event
Date of event
04-08-2025
What happened, where and when?
In the second half of 2025, multiple tropical storms and typhoons battered the northern and north-central provinces of Viet Nam, resulting in widespread and prolonged floods, flash floods and landslides that impacted over 20 provinces, with extensive damage to infrastructure, housing, and livelihoods. While the initial storms in July / August impacted an estimated 100,000 people mainly in Nghệ An, Điện Biên, and Sơn La provinces, further storms and subsequent floods raised the number of people affected to approximately 800,000 by October 2025 in additional provinces including Lào Cai, Sơn La, Phú Thọ, Tuyên Quang, Lạng Sơn, Quảng Ninh, Thanh Hóa, Hà Tĩnh, and Thừa Thiên-Huế. In view of the deteriorating humanitarian situation and increasing needs, VNRC requested a second DREF allocation to support an estimated 36,530 people across the most affected provinces.
As of early 2026, affected provinces listed above have transitioned into the early recovery phase, with ongoing humanitarian needs in previously affected areas, where access has largely been restored but some remote and mountainous locations remained intermittently inaccessible due to landslides, recovery efforts in housing, livelihoods and infrastructure continue, and despite no nationwide emergency declaration, communities remain vulnerable to localized flooding and landslides during the upcoming rainy season.
These operational and contextual challenges regarding consecutive disaster events happening throughout the years and across the country, resulted in delays in the implementation of planned activities. ...