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Central Vietnam braces for storm Kompasu

Central Vietnam braces for storm Kompasu

The central region is making concerted efforts to mitigate the impacts of storm Kompasu, bringing boats ashore, strengthening sea embankments, and protecting their fish ponds.
ADB to provide $60 mln to improve climate resilience for ethnic minorities

ADB to provide $60 mln to improve climate resilience for ethnic minorities

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $60-million loan to improve the climate resilience of infrastructure in two central Vietnamese provinces to benefit local ethnic populations.
August 26, 2021 | 08:05 pm PT
Flash floods kill two in northern mountain province

Flash floods kill two in northern mountain province

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept through a village in Lao Cai Province early Saturday, killing two people and leaving another missing.
April 16, 2021 | 07:59 pm PT
Vietnam should expect heavy storms in September

Vietnam should expect heavy storms in September

10-13 storms could form in the East Sea this year, with around half expected to hit mainland Vietnam, meteorologists warned.
April 15, 2021 | 10:31 pm PT
UN, Save the Children help raise $40 mln for flood-hit communities

UN, Save the Children help raise $40 mln for flood-hit communities

The U.N. and NGO Save the Children have launched a flood response plan to raise funds to assist 177,000 of the most vulnerable people in central Vietnam.
November 4, 2020 | 08:47 pm PT
Central Vietnam: a month in tragedies

Central Vietnam: a month in tragedies

In just a month, central Vietnam got struck by three floods, four storms and a series of landslides that claimed 159 lives and left 71 missing.
November 2, 2020 | 07:28 pm PT
Highways ravaged by landslides in central Vietnam

Highways ravaged by landslides in central Vietnam

The government has to spend some VND350 billion ($15 million) to repair national highways that have been destroyed by landslides during the recent floods in the central region.
October 25, 2020 | 07:24 pm PT
Vietnam endures world’s 'worst weather impacts': experts

Vietnam endures world’s 'worst weather impacts': experts

Experts believe flooding in central Vietnam is a result of complex, future "new normal" weather patterns.
October 19, 2020 | 11:42 pm PT
Feeling of impotence: Soldiers recall losing 22 comrades to landslide

Feeling of impotence: Soldiers recall losing 22 comrades to landslide

Survivors remember feeling 'powerless' as rock and soil buried their 22 sleeping comrades, an image that would haunt them for eternity.
October 18, 2020 | 10:41 pm PT
Cold spell, intertropical convergence zone blamed for central Vietnam deluge

Cold spell, intertropical convergence zone blamed for central Vietnam deluge

When a northern cold spell entered the intertropical convergence zone over central Vietnam, it caused abnormally heavy rains and flooding in the region.
October 14, 2020 | 10:58 pm PT
Toddler dies as record rainfall sweeps northern province

Toddler dies as record rainfall sweeps northern province

A three-year-old girl died after she was swept away by floods triggered by heavy rains in Lao Cai Province early Tuesday.
October 6, 2020 | 12:33 am PT
Survivors of deadly flood get new homes

Survivors of deadly flood get new homes

Sa Na villagers in the central province of Thanh Hoa were rehoused four months after Storm Wipha killed 10 and displaced many last August.
January 14, 2020 | 07:05 pm PT
Tropical storm to bring heavy rain to central Vietnam

Tropical storm to bring heavy rain to central Vietnam

A tropical depression has grown into a storm off Vietnam's south central coast, predicted to deliver torrential rains before Wednesday landfall.
October 29, 2019 | 06:48 am PT
Storm Wipha victims pick up the pieces

Storm Wipha victims pick up the pieces

More than 300 villagers in Thanh Hoa Province are still transfixed by their loss caused by heavy rains triggered by storm Wipha on Saturday.
August 5, 2019 | 04:41 pm PT
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