A landslide hits village in Lao Cai Province on September 10, burying 37 households with 158 people.
The assistance will be allocated to humanitarian partners to enable the provision of multipurpose cash assistance, shelter, and water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance, as well as non-food items in support of Government of Vietnam-led disaster assistance efforts across Vietnam, according to the US Embassy in Vietnam.
On September 7, Typhoon Yagi made landfall over Northern Vietnam, one of the most powerful the country has witnessed in decades with adverse impacts to many provinces.
A report from the Vietnamese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development showed that as of 1.30 pm on September 11, the death and missing toll caused by Typhoon Yagi and flash floods and landslides in several northern localities rose to 296 people, including 155 dead and 141 missing. More than 800 others had been injured.