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Vietnam in 2025 through five defining numbers

Vietnam in 2025 through five defining numbers

With the region’s fastest GDP growth, entry into the upper-middle-income group and a leap in internet speeds, these five numbers help shape Vietnam in 2025.
Sudden reservoir release floods more than 1,000 homes in central Vietnam

Sudden reservoir release floods more than 1,000 homes in central Vietnam

Torrential rain submerges central Vietnam, cutting national highways and forcing mass evacuations

Torrential rain submerges central Vietnam, cutting national highways and forcing mass evacuations

A week of historic flooding that devastates south-central Vietnam

A week of historic flooding that devastates south-central Vietnam

Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provinces in south central Vietnam endured the largest flood in more than 50 years on Nov. 16-21, leaving 108 people dead or missing, and over 272,000 homes submerged.
November 27, 2025 | 03:00 am PT
How north central Vietnam’s largest hydroelectric reservoir tamed record-breaking floods

How north central Vietnam’s largest hydroelectric reservoir tamed record-breaking floods

Ban Ve Hydroelectric Reservoir in central Nghe An province absorbed 74% of the massive inflows from July’s Typhoon Wipha, preventing most of the floodwater from reaching downstream communities.
November 26, 2025 | 04:17 am PT
Heavy rain sweeps vehicles off streets in southern Vietnam

Heavy rain sweeps vehicles off streets in southern Vietnam

Prolonged heavy rain caused deep flooding across several roads in the center of Dong Nai Province that borders Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, with fast-flowing water sweeping away motorbikes and pedestrians right on the streets.
November 24, 2025 | 06:19 pm PT
When mud remains

When mud remains

Along my journey with UNICEF, I have met countless children and families whose lives have been torn apart by disasters.
November 23, 2025 | 06:33 pm PT
Soldiers open emergency camps, ferry residents out of flooded Nha Trang

Soldiers open emergency camps, ferry residents out of flooded Nha Trang

Floodwaters surged through Nha Trang on Nov. 20, forcing soldiers to set up emergency camps at key intersections and ferry stranded residents, many of them children and the elderly, to safety.
November 20, 2025 | 06:50 am PT
41 dead, more than 52,000 homes submerged as historic flooding batters central Vietnam

41 dead, more than 52,000 homes submerged as historic flooding batters central Vietnam

Severe flooding this week has left 41 people dead and 9 others missing in central Vietnam, with Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa provinces suffering the highest casualties, authorities said Thursday.
November 20, 2025 | 06:35 am PT
Helicopters join massive response to central Vietnam flooding

Helicopters join massive response to central Vietnam flooding

Military units, local authorities, and emergency forces are ramping up relief operations as prolonged torrential rains have triggered devastating floods across Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces in the central region, leaving tens of thousands of households inundated, many communities isolated, and critical infrastructure damaged.
November 20, 2025 | 02:44 am PT
Airport shuts down as floods submerge runway in central Vietnam

Airport shuts down as floods submerge runway in central Vietnam

Tuy Hoa Airport in Dak Lak Province in central Vietnam has been forced to halt all operations from 10 a.m. to midnight on Nov. 20 after floodwaters submerged parts of the runway and wiped out the airport's electrical system.
November 20, 2025 | 12:59 am PT
Water cascades like waterfalls before rockslide crushes passenger bus on Vietnam mountain pass

Water cascades like waterfalls before rockslide crushes passenger bus on Vietnam mountain pass

A dashcam captured water flowing continuously like waterfalls down a mountainside five hours before the landslide on Khanh Le Pass linking Nha Trang and Da Lat on Nov. 16, crushing a passenger bus and killing six people.
November 18, 2025 | 06:27 pm PT
Rescue teams evacuate residents from deep floods in Nha Trang

Rescue teams evacuate residents from deep floods in Nha Trang

Emergency crews used motorboats and jet skis to pull elderly residents and young children out of heavily flooded neighborhoods in Nha Trang.
November 18, 2025 | 02:00 am PT
Vietnam's Hue goes underwater again as torrential rain and upstream dam releases send rivers surging

Vietnam's Hue goes underwater again as torrential rain and upstream dam releases send rivers surging

Heavy rain and upstream hydropower releases sent floodwaters rushing into Hue on Nov. 17, submerging major streets and riverside neighborhoods under 0.3–0.5 m of water.
November 17, 2025 | 01:35 am PT
Landslide crushes passenger bus, leaves deadly wreckage on Vietnam mountain pass

Landslide crushes passenger bus, leaves deadly wreckage on Vietnam mountain pass

The quiet of a late-night trip over Khanh Le Pass in central Vietnam shattered when a wall of earth and rock collapsed onto a passenger bus, killing six passengers and trapping others in the wreckage on Nov. 16.
November 16, 2025 | 09:51 pm PT
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