Hanoi, Oct. 3 -- A nationwide campaign was launched by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee on October 3, calling on young people to support residents severely affected by Typhoon Bualoi, or locally known as Storm No. 10.

Nguyen Minh Triet, Secretary of the Youth Union Central Committee and President of the Vietnamese Students Association, said four storms struck the East Sea in September, with Bualoi inflicting the heaviest damage across the northern and north-central regions.

Preliminary figures show that as of 7pm on October 2, 65 people were reported dead or missing, 164 injured, 349 houses destroyed, and more than 170,000 homes damaged. The disaster also caused widespread disruption to people's lives and socio-ec...