15:25 | 02/11/2020
The Mi171 helicopter on Sunday carried a supply package with sufficient food and daily necessities to aid nearly 3,000 flood-hit residents in Central Vietnam.
09:42 | 02/11/2020
Fierce storm has blown off the roof of a row of classrooms in Ho Chi Minh's Binh Phu high school on October 31, disrupting scheduled schooling.
13:49 | 01/11/2020
Helicopters are set to be dispatched to drop food and daily necessities to around 3,000 local residents left cut off by heavy flood and landslides in recent weeks, in Phuoc Thanh and Phuoc Loc communes.
21:22 | 30/10/2020
The Korean Ambassador on Thursday afternoon sent an aid package worths US $300,000 to help flood-stricken provinces in Central Vietnam overcome damages.
15:45 | 30/10/2020
António Guterres, UN’s Secretary-General extended his sympathy to Vietnam over the heaviest flood in the country in decades.
10:28 | 30/10/2020
The 200-meter long crack in Ta Bang mountain discovered Thursday has prompted local authorities to evacuate 165 residents over possible landslides and damages.
14:58 | 29/10/2020
At least 26 fishermen were missing after two fishing boats from South-central Binh Dinh Province sank as one of the strongest typhoons in two decades tore into Vietnam's central coastline on Wednesday.
11:56 | 26/10/2020
A short video picturing an old hunchback grandma carries old clothes and instant noodles while walking with a stick to the donation site has stolen the hearts of Vietnamese netizens. The grandma is reportedly making donations to the flood-stricken areas in Central Vietnam.
21:50 | 25/10/2020
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant units to swiftly mobilise all forces in a bid to overcome the aftermath of the severe flooding and landslides which have hit the central localities, and stabilise the lives of local people.
11:03 | 23/10/2020
The US Government on October 22 sent condolences to the Vietnamese government and people as well as expressed sympathies for the victims of the recent spell of serious flooding caused by tropical storm Linfa in the center of Vietnam.
09:36 | 23/10/2020
The Government has decided to provide emergency aid worth VND500 billion to five provinces in central Vietnam which have been the hardest hit during the recent spell of flooding.
15:05 | 22/10/2020
Record floods in Vietnam’s central provinces have claimed at least 111 lives, leaving 22 missing and devastating thousands of households. The flood, which incurred over the past two weeks, is considered the worst in decades.
07:26 | 19/10/2020
According to the Central Steering Committee for natural disaster prevention, heavy floods leave 122 people dead and missing to date.
12:36 | 14/10/2020
Regardless of the rain, a group of locals in Da Nang city still go down the streets to “catch fish”, giving the area a joyful, positive atmosphere amidst the flood-stricken days.
17:09 | 10/10/2020
The Google Map is displaying hard-hit areas from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai province Friday afternoon as the flood is devastating the central strip.
07:24 | 11/08/2020
The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organization said on Monday (August 10).
14:30 | 12/07/2020
Heavy flood is still raging regions along the Yangtze River in China, with no sign of stopping. As a result, the country on Sunday has to level up its flood response alert to the second-highest grade.
16:55 | 02/07/2020
Mekong water remains at a significantly low level, while Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand call for a reconsideration of the Sanakham hydroelectric dam project in Laos.
23:37 | 04/01/2020
The death toll from the biggest rainfall since records jumped to 60 on Saturday (Jan 4) and fears grew about the possibility of more torrential rain in Indonesia's capital.
10:57 | 02/01/2020
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in and around Indonesia's capital Jakarta reached at least 21 on Thursday (Jan 2), with more heavy rain forecast, authorities said.
