In 2025, Viet Nam recorded severe and extreme disasters, breaking multiple historical records and causing heavy losses in lives, property, and infrastructure nationwide.
Throughout 2025, Viet Nam experienced a series of consecutive and increasingly severe natural disasters across a wide area, marked by many abnormal factors and far exceeding historical thresholds previously recorded. In the East Sea, 15 storms and 6 tropical depressions were recorded, surpassing the record set in 2017.
Notably, many storms were of very strong intensity, moved rapidly, and followed atypical trajectories. From the beginning of the season, storms made landfall in the Central region, while by the end of the year, storms continued to directly affect the Northern region.
In particular, three extremely strong storms, including Storm No. 5, Storm No. 10, and Storm No. 13, made landfall in Central Viet Nam, forcing the Prime Minister to establish on-site steering committees to directly lead response efforts. This underscored the unprecedented level of danger and complexity.
Cau Pagoda in Hoi An was submerged nearly to its roof during the historic floods. Photo: Anh Dung/VNA.Alongside storms, extreme heavy rainfall and flooding occurred on a widespread scale, with water levels exceeding historical records at 18 rivers in the Northern and Central regions. Meanwhile, tidal surges in the downstream areas of the Tien and Hau rivers reached unprecedented levels. Prolonged and severe flooding affected numerous urban areas and low-lying zones, from the Northern mountainous regions to the Central Coast and the Central Highlands, disrupting daily life and production activities and placing enormous pressure on local infrastructure systems and grassroots disaster prevention and control work.
The aftermath has been reflected in very large loss figures. According to the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, as of December 24, 2025, disasters had left 468 people dead or missing and 741 others injured; more than 4,100 houses were completely destroyed or swept away, while nearly 349,000 others were damaged or had their roofs torn off.
Agricultural production suffered severe losses, with over 545,000 hectares of rice and other crops inundated and damaged; tens of thousands of livestock and millions of poultry killed or washed away; and hundreds of thousands of aquaculture cages and rafts destroyed. In addition, more than 1,000 km of dykes, embankments, and canals, along with over 1,200 km of roads, were damaged or affected by landslides. Total economic damage is estimated to exceed VND 98.677 billion, posing enormous challenges for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction efforts.
*USD 1 = VND 26.266 (Source: Vietcombank, December 30, 2025)