The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported that the strong storm and floods have wrecked rural areas. As of September 14, nearly 21,800 animals and 2.62 million fowl had died.

Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh and Hanoi are the localities reporting the highest numbers of fowl and animals killed in the typhoon.

In recent days, after the floods subsided, fowl and animals died en masse. Some localities have called on people to buy the products, because breeding facilities have been damaged which cannot be restored immediately.

In Tam Xa commune of Dong Anh district in Hanoi, Hoang Ngoc Doan was seen looking blankly at the fowl staying alive after the flood. In his 2.6 hectare farm with seven rows of cages that he has built over the last 14 years, one could see many dead fowl and scattered eggs that have has not been collected.

Doan said he raised 80,000 egg-laying hens and pullets, but nearly all of them were killed in the floods.

He said on September 9 evening, he went to the dykes to examine water levels after hearing about big rains and floods. As he found that the water level was still two meters lower than the dyke surface, he planned to remove his fowl to a higher place the next morning. 

He did not imagine that the floods would rise so quickly. Water began flooding his farm just several hours later.

Doan then immediately called relatives and friends, asking for their help to remove the fowl to the second floor to avoid the floods. However, the water level continued to rise,  inundating the cages with water. With the help from friends and relatives, he saved 10,000 fowl, and saw others sinking in the floods.

Before the floods rushed down, Doan collected VND100 million a day from egg sales. But he has become empty handed. The fowl which he saved have been bargained away at just VND50,000 each. The number of dead fowl was valued at VND11 billion.

In addition, other assets at his farm have been damaged by the storm and hundreds of tons of animal feed have become spoiled because it has been inundated for many days.

In Tuy Lap commune in Yen Bai City, dead pigs were seen lying everywhere – in the rice fields, village roads and riverbanks. At a farm with 5,000 pigs, only 50 were alive, while the others were swept away by the floods or dead in barns.

Tran Thi Vinh, director of Hoa Binh Minh agriculture project in Tuy Lap commune, could not help bursting into tears.

Raising facilities have collapsed, and nearly 5,000 pigs have died in floods. Vinh estimated that the loss is tens of billion of dong.

In Van Giang of Hung Yen and Soc Son in Hanoi, farmers have rushed to bargain pigs away because of the floods which caused a loss of billions of dong.

Yagi typhoon has gone, leaving many raising facilities collapsed and millions of fowl and pigs dead en masse. Observers warned that many farming households in northern provinces are in danger of going bankrupt.

In Quang Ninh, Ngo Thi Thuy in Quang Yen Town said at a meeting with the delegation of officers from the State Bank of Vietnam some days ago that most of her fish cages had died because of floods, causing loss of VND12 bullion. Meanwhile, she still owe VND4 billion to Agribank.

Vu Van Cuong in Tan An commune who had three fish rafts said he has lost VND14 billion, while neighboring households had lost VND20-30 billion. As farmers have lost everything in the floods, they now don’t have money to pay bank debts.

Vietcombank deputy CEO Le Hoang Tung estimated that 6,000 clients have suffered from the typhoon with total outstanding loans of VND71 trillion. In Hai Phong City and Quang Ninh, 230 clients had been impacted by the typhoon, with total outstanding loans of VND13.3 trillion.

Vietcombank has cut the lending interest rate by 0.5 percent for loans from September 6 to December 31, 2024. It is estimated that 20,000 clients can benefit from the policy, applied to both existing loans and new loans.

Tam An