The ethnic minority areas of Da Nang city cover a natural area of nearly 7,800 km2, accounting for 65.4% of the city's total natural area, comprising 37 communes and 420 villages. Due to geographical features and the impact of climate change, natural disasters are becoming increasingly complex and tend to increase in both number and severity.
In reality, along with providing food assistance, seedlings, improving healthcare and education , and building infrastructure, focusing on safe and long-term resettlement for people in landslide-prone areas is an effective solution to help them proactively respond to natural disasters, minimize damage, and is a fundamental solution for sustainable poverty reduction.
Proactive response and damage mitigation.
Nearly a year after the prolonged heavy rains that severely damaged his home, Mr. Pơ Loong Kim, from Arơch village, Sông Kôn commune, Da Nang city, emotionally shared that immediately after receiving news that his family's house had been completely destroyed by the heavy rains and floods, the local authorities sent forces to his home to offer encouragement and evacuate his six family members to a safe place, where they were provided with sufficient food, supplies, and drinking water.
Immediately after the floods subsided, the local authorities arranged new housing for Mr. Pơ Loong Kim's family in a resettlement area equipped with essential amenities such as electricity, local roads, and a clean water supply. The family received financial assistance from the government, and local residents contributed labor and materials to rebuild their new home.
According to Do Huu Tung, Chairman of the People's Committee of Song Kon Commune, Song Kon Commune has a natural area of nearly 213 square kilometers and a population of nearly 8,800 people. Due to the hilly terrain with steep slopes, high risk of landslides, and severe fragmentation by rivers and streams, with many areas where people live scattered, disaster prevention, mitigation, search and rescue, and long-term resettlement for people in areas at risk of landslides are always given priority.
“Before the 2026 rainy season, in addition to stockpiling food locally, plans have been made to relocate people in low-lying areas at risk of flash floods and landslides, and additional resettlement areas have been built to provide safe and long-term housing for the people,” shared the Chairman of the People's Committee of Song Kon commune.
According to Nguyen Manh Ha, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Da Nang City, the ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Da Nang City cover nearly 7,800 square kilometers, accounting for 65.4% of the city's total natural area, with 37 communes and 420 villages.
With the rainy and stormy season approaching, the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions is focusing on coordinating with relevant sectors and localities to accelerate the implementation of projects and programs on relocating and resettling residents in border areas and areas at high risk of landslides.
Over the years, the National Target Program for Building New Rural Areas, Sustainable Poverty Reduction, and Socio -Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Regions has comprehensively improved the lives of ethnic minority communities.
Thanks to this program, essential infrastructure in resettlement areas has been invested in, and hundreds of ethnic minority households in landslide-prone and flash flood-prone areas have been provided with long-term housing, helping people in landslide-prone areas proactively respond to and mitigate damage caused by natural disasters.
Settling down is key to sustainable poverty reduction.
Kon Pin village, Tra Linh commune, Da Nang city, is one of the localities where many houses of ethnic minorities were severely damaged and completely buried by landslides during the 2025 rainy season.
In his spacious new home, Mr. Ho Van Doc in Kon Pin village, Tra Linh commune, said that his new house was built more than 200 meters away from his old residence, which had been buried by a landslide. After moving to the new house, Mr. Doc's family also received support in the form of food and supplies, and was allocated land to develop production according to the forest garden model, combining farming and livestock raising.
According to Trinh Minh Hai, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tra Linh commune, the program to resettle and stabilize the population in landslide-prone areas, combined with socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security for ethnic minorities, and improving their material and spiritual lives, is a feasible measure, suitable to the actual conditions, customs, and farming skills of the people, in order to achieve sustainable poverty reduction.
During the 2025 rainy season, 24 households in Tra Linh commune had their homes severely damaged by heavy rains and floods. Immediately after the floods subsided, with financial support from the State, philanthropists, agencies, and organizations, as well as the community's contribution of labor and materials, the local authorities promptly rebuilt and repaired all damaged houses in areas far from landslide sites, ensuring stable and long-term housing for the residents.
Along with rebuilding new houses in accordance with the traditional houses of ethnic minorities, the local authorities also provide food and allocate land for the people to cultivate.
In reality, only stable long-term housing, sufficient land for production, and guidance on how to expand livelihoods are effective solutions to help ethnic minorities achieve sustainable poverty reduction.
The consecutive storms and floods during the 2025 rainy season in Da Nang caused damage amounting to trillions of VND. Regarding housing alone, nearly 1,200 houses, mainly in mountainous areas and ethnic minority regions, were damaged. The city of Da Nang, relevant agencies, and local authorities are urgently working to restore these homes, helping people stabilize their living conditions, overcome the consequences of the natural disaster, and resume their lives and production.
According to Nguyen Manh Ha, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Da Nang City, in 2026, the Department compiled a list of temporary and dilapidated houses in ethnic minority and mountainous areas.
Currently, Da Nang still has 1,686 temporary houses, dilapidated houses, and houses belonging to ethnic minorities in areas at risk of landslides and flash floods that need support for reconstruction and resettlement. The Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions has reported this situation to the City People's Committee, and the Department of Agriculture and Environment has compiled it into the city's policy on eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses.
According to Truong Xuan Ty, Standing Member of the Civil Defense Command and Deputy Director of the Da Nang City Department of Agriculture and Environment, Da Nang has a natural area of nearly 12,000 square kilometers and a population of over 3 million people. Due to its geographical location, topographical features, and the impact of climate change, the situation of natural disasters in the city is extremely complex and tends to increase in both number and severity.
The city has implemented a disaster response plan based on risk levels, aiming to proactively carry out prevention and response activities at each level, proactively evacuate people from dangerous areas and areas at high risk of landslides to minimize damage to people and state and private property.
Prior to this year's rainy and stormy season, Da Nang city directed all localities and units to effectively implement the "four on-the-spot" principle, which includes on-the-spot command, on-the-spot forces, on-the-spot equipment and materials, and on-the-spot logistics; and to develop disaster response scenarios based on the principle of "proactive prevention, timely response, and prompt and effective recovery."
To achieve the above objective, the city directs relevant departments and localities to complete the relocation, resettlement, and stabilization of people's lives in landslide-prone areas to safe resettlement sites, helping people proactively respond to and mitigate damage caused by natural disasters, contributing to the goal of sustainable poverty reduction.
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/da-nang-ho-tro-tai-dinh-cu-doi-voi-dong-bao-trong-vung-sat-lo-nui-post1140364.vnp
