More than 45,000 residents in Phu Tho and Lao Cai provinces have received emergency assistance and livelihood recovery support through a post-Typhoon Yagi recovery project funded by Oxfam. A wrap-up workshop held in Phu Tho highlighted practical outcomes, lessons learned, and policy recommendations for improving emergency aid efforts.

Beyond emergency aid, the Yagi Typhoon Recovery Project implemented by Oxfam and its partners in Lao Cai, Yen Bai, and Hoa Binh (now Lao Cai and Phu Tho) also aims at livelihood restoration and sustainable development. Thoi Dai magazine interviewed Pham Quang Tu, Deputy Country Director of Oxfam in Vietnam, to clarify the dual approach of relief and recovery, and the key policy lessons drawn from local practice.