Keyword: "emergency response"

Search and rescue operations have been completed following a tourist canoe capsize off Phu Quoc Island in An Giang province on July 11, with authorities now focusing on caring for survivors, supporting victims’ families and investigating the cause of the accident.

Persistent heavy rain has caused widespread flooding and landslides in Lai Chau, disrupting transport, damaging homes and crops, and leaving key infrastructure at risk as authorities race to contain the impact.

While recovering a victim’s body, a member of the Venezuelan rescue team became dizzy after prolonged exposure to toxic decomposition gases.

Under the master plan, funding will be rolled out over three years, with approximately 2.19 billion USD allocated for 2026, 1.85 billion USD for 2027, and 1.58 billion USD for 2028.

At a reception in Hanoi on March 5 for Russian Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Aleksandr Kurenkov, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that Russia step up technology transfer and production cooperation for specialised vehicles and technical equipment, organise joint exercises, and continue supporting Vietnam in personnel training in the field.

Amid increasingly serious global climate change and disaster risks, the two ministers agreed to step up delegation exchanges at all levels to promote broader and more effective cooperation, particularly in sharing experience in emergency warning and response.

Most travel firms in the city have activated 24/7 coordination systems, working closely with airline networks and international partners to implement appropriate response measures.

Ensuring medical security, disease prevention and control, food safety, environmental hygiene, and readiness to handle all medical contingencies is among the key tasks directly contributing to the success of the 14th National Party Congress.

The New Zealand government has announced a 1 million NZD (over 617,000 USD) contribution to support Vietnam’s recovery from the devastating impacts of typhoon Yagi, according to the statement released on September 16 by the New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed its resolve to strengthen collaboration in building disaster resilience in the region at the 10th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) on October 20.

CMA CGM Vietnam JSC, owner of APL CAIRO container vessel, has thanked relevant agencies and firefighters of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau for promptly putting out a fire on the Singapore-flagged ship off the province’s coast on March 8.

The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) Central Committee and Prudential Vietnam launched a project on improving first aid response capacity at schools and in the community in Hanoi on November 22.

More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, ANTARA News quoted Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei as saying.