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Ho Chi Minh City flooding
Ho Chi Minh City streets paralyzed in year's highest tides

Ho Chi Minh City streets paralyzed in year's highest tides

Traffic in many Ho Chi Minh City streets was stalled on Wednesday evening as high tides caused severe flooding, disrupting commute.
HCMC faces risk of severe flooding this week as high tides coincide with heavy rain

HCMC faces risk of severe flooding this week as high tides coincide with heavy rain

Why is Ho Chi Minh City suffering from increasingly severe flooding?

Why is Ho Chi Minh City suffering from increasingly severe flooding?

Science-driven approach recommended to tackle urban flooding

Science-driven approach recommended to tackle urban flooding

Experts have called for a comprehensive approach, grounded in science and technology and involving intersectoral, intergovernmental, and interregional collaboration, to tackle flooding in major Vietnamese cities.
October 16, 2025 | 03:42 pm PT
Ho Chi Minh City plans $7M underground reservoir beneath football field to fight flooding

Ho Chi Minh City plans $7M underground reservoir beneath football field to fight flooding

Ho Chi Minh City is weighing a million-dollar plan to build a massive underground reservoir beneath the Linh Tay Sports Complex in Thu Duc, hoping to end years of severe flooding in the area.
October 5, 2025 | 05:00 am PT
Heaviest unseasonal rain in 20 years causes widespread flooding in southern Vietnam

Heaviest unseasonal rain in 20 years causes widespread flooding in southern Vietnam

The first tropical depression of the year has triggered the heaviest unseasonal rainfall in two decades across Ho Chi Minh City and southern neighbors, causing severe flooding in multiple areas.
February 12, 2025 | 07:27 pm PT
Unseasonal rains to persist in HCMC until weekend

Unseasonal rains to persist in HCMC until weekend

Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam will experience widespread unseasonal rains until the end of the week due to the influence of a low-pressure system, with rainfall expected to exceed past years' average.
February 11, 2025 | 10:34 pm PT
Investor of Saigon anti-flooding project claims huge losses after suspension

Investor of Saigon anti-flooding project claims huge losses after suspension

The suspension of a HCMC flood prevention project has cost Trung Nam Group over $8.57 million in losses, the firm says.
October 30, 2018 | 07:33 pm PT
HCM City pumps $450 million into flood prevention project

HCM City pumps $450 million into flood prevention project

Ho Chi Minh City has embarked on VND10 trillion (nearly $450 million) project to cope with flooding caused by high tides due to climate change.
June 26, 2016 | 03:35 am PT
 
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