Consecutive storms with heavy rains causing serious floods and landslides have hit the central region. As of October 24 evening, the natural disaster killed 119 lives, and left 21 others missing, destroyed thousands of houses and caused a big loss of property of local residents.

The Party and the Vietnamese Government always take heed to develop mountainous district where most ethnic minority people live because building up unity and solidarity among people is a major task, said Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a national symposium on ethnic people policy for the 2021-2030 period yesterday in Hanoi.