The State Reserves is set to provide at least 10,000 tons of rice to provinces and cities for distribution to underprivileged people ahead of the Tet holiday, the largest festive period of the year.
Cash payments from Belgian emergency aid have been handed over to vulnerable smallholder farming households impacted by floods and typhoons in Quang Tri and Quang Binh.
Typhoon Vamco is predicted to directly impact Vietnam's North and Central Region from now until November 15.