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Storm Krovanh devolves back to tropical depression

Storm Krovanh devolves back to tropical depression

Storm Krovanh, the 14th storm to have entered the South China Sea this year, devolved back to a tropical depression Monday morning.
Vietnam needs 100,000 flood proof houses on the coast: UNDP

Vietnam needs 100,000 flood proof houses on the coast: UNDP

Vietnam’s coastline needs 100,000 houses that can withstand storms and floods, 24,000 of them immediately, according to the UNDP.
December 18, 2020 | 11:40 am GMT+7
Record climate disasters in Asia-Pacific push millions to 'breaking point'

Record climate disasters in Asia-Pacific push millions to 'breaking point'

Asia-Pacific has faced a record number of climate-related disasters in 2020, affecting tens of millions of vulnerable people, many of them in Vietnam and the Philippines.
December 16, 2020 | 10:56 am GMT+7
Food shortages loom after floods destroy central Vietnam fields

Food shortages loom after floods destroy central Vietnam fields

Ho Van Rao's lush green fields in Quang Tri were buried under more than two feet of boulders, sand and other debris.
December 03, 2020 | 08:00 am GMT+7
Floods paralyze traffic, submerge houses in Quang Nam

Floods paralyze traffic, submerge houses in Quang Nam

Hundreds of houses in central Quang Nam Province were flooded Tuesday following heavy rains and hydropower plant water discharge, paralyzing traffic and isolating communes.
December 01, 2020 | 03:00 pm GMT+7
Two domestic tourists missing in Central Highlands flooding

Two domestic tourists missing in Central Highlands flooding

Two female tourists were swept away by flash floods Sunday as they walked across a suspension bridge in a national park in Lam Dong Province.
November 29, 2020 | 10:54 pm GMT+7
Vietnam, ADB sign agreement for $2.5 mln natural disaster relief aid

Vietnam, ADB sign agreement for $2.5 mln natural disaster relief aid

Vietnam's agriculture ministry and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed an agreement for an $2.5 million emergency grant for natural disaster relief.
November 25, 2020 | 02:09 pm GMT+7
Rescuers drain river in search of central Vietnam landslide victims

Rescuers drain river in search of central Vietnam landslide victims

A task force has been dredging a river in Thua Thien-Hue Province to locate 11 dam workers still missing after a mid-October landslide.
November 24, 2020 | 03:21 pm GMT+7
Sixth body retrieved from central Vietnam landslide site

Sixth body retrieved from central Vietnam landslide site

A body was found Sunday at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant where a landslide had buried 17 workers last month.
November 22, 2020 | 09:21 pm GMT+7
Da Lat flower farmers bank on Tet sales

Da Lat flower farmers bank on Tet sales

Flower farmers in Da Lat hope for a sales surge from the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in February following economic fallout caused by Covid-19.
November 17, 2020 | 03:00 pm GMT+7
Vietnam wants destructive Linfa retired from list of storm names

Vietnam wants destructive Linfa retired from list of storm names

Vietnam on Monday called for removing ‘Linfa’ from the list of names for storms in the western Pacific due to the destruction it wreaked.
November 17, 2020 | 10:16 am GMT+7
Landslides continue to wreak havoc in central Vietnam

Landslides continue to wreak havoc in central Vietnam

Prolonged rains brought by storm Etau, the 12th storm to hit Vietnam this year, have triggered more landslides and caused damage in many central provinces.
November 12, 2020 | 04:16 pm GMT+7
Recompense for flood losses caused by dam discharge, hydropower plant told

Recompense for flood losses caused by dam discharge, hydropower plant told

Quang Nam Province authorities want a hydropower company to pay compensation to hundreds of families affected by its discharge of water when Storm Molave hit last month.
November 06, 2020 | 11:40 am GMT+7
Storm Goni devolves into tropical depression, heads for south central Vietnam

Storm Goni devolves into tropical depression, heads for south central Vietnam

Storm Goni devolved into a tropical depression Thursday afternoon, but it is still expected to bring heavy rains to the central and Central Highlands regions.
November 05, 2020 | 08:46 pm GMT+7
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