When Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, and Lam Dong were under inundation, with nearly 1,000 homes washed away, thousands more destroyed, losses reaching almost VND16,200 billion, and 108 lives taken, people saw one truth more clearly: the strength of a country sometimes lies in solidarity and in the determination of a Government of action to protect its citizens.

When the Government’s working delegation arrived in the flood zone on November 29, PM Pham Minh Chinh launched the “Quang Trung Campaign” – a campaign with wartime thinking, to rebuild each collapsed home and repair every damaged house, to return a place of shelter to the people before Tet.

Quang Trung campaign evokes the image of a king known for marches with lightening speed, decisive actions, and real victories for the nation.

The campaign began on December 1, 2025; mobilizing the military, police, youth, women’s unions, veterans, agencies, organizations, businesses, and the entire political system to help repair heavily damaged houses by December 31, 2025 at the latest; and to rebuild homes and resettle all families whose houses collapsed, washed away, or destroyed by January 31, 2026.

The Prime Minister instructed all levels of Party committees and authorities to continue directing disaster recovery with focus and determination, ensuring the “six clear” principle: clear personnel, clear tasks, clear timelines, clear responsibility, clear authority, and clear results; and called for the solidarity of citizens and businesses with the spirit of national unity and compassion.

These deadlines represent the State’s responsibility to its own citizens: that in any circumstance, no family is left behind after the floods.

The PM requested mobilization of resources from the central government, localities, philanthropists, and the families themselves; upholding the spirit of “those who have something contribute something; those who have more contribute more; those who have less contribute less; contribute labor if you have labor, contribute material if you have material, and help wherever you can.”

To date, the Government has supported four provinces with VND2,140 billion. It will review and agree with further proposals on the principle of approval in favor of affected localities.

Military forces, police, self-defense units, and local authorities have been mobilized as in a national campaign. Everything is organized under the “six clear” principle, ensuring no delay and no neglected task.

The Government has disbursed VND2,140 billion directly to the four provinces; the Vietnam Fatherland Front has allocated an additional VND275 billion to affected regions.

These figures affirm that the State is providing aid with money and policies, entire machinery and core forces stationed directly in the flooded areas to rebuild every home.

But the Quang Trung Campaign is not merely a short-term response to a disaster. It stands on the foundation of long-term policies underway: Resolution 380 on post-disaster recovery and the nationwide program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing.

In just over a year, more than 334,000 homes have been newly built or repaired with combined resources from the central government, localities, businesses, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and the people who will live in these homes.

Alongside is the social housing program with more than 132,000 units under implementation, tens of thousands already handed over to workers in major cities - people who create daily economic value yet still must live in temporary and unsafe rental rooms.

When placing these three programs together - flood resettlement, eliminating temporary housing for the poor, and social housing for workers—we see three layers of social protection woven together, forming safety nets for the most vulnerable. They protect people from natural disasters, from a harsh housing market, and from the risk of falling back into poverty when a single storm can wipe out years of effort.

And at the center of these policies lies the greatest strength: the State choosing to stand with its people at the moment they are most vulnerable and exhausted. The defining difference of a nation is whether its weakest citizens are protected or left behind.

Natural disasters collapse houses, take lives, sweep away property, and sow panic. When the military and police forces lay bricks in the flood zone, when homes are rebuilt, when every family is given back shelter and peace, we see the highest value clearly: the State is using its own hands to rebuild the lives of the poor.

And thus, the Quang Trung campaign is rebuilding the homes swept away by the storm and, above all, rebuilding the stability of a community, rebuilding hope for those who have just endured their darkest days, and rebuilding faith in an acting Government.

Lan Anh