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A 6.8-magnitude earthquake stroke off Indonesia's North Maluku province on June 4, according to an Indonesian disaster agency official.

Several forest areas in the central province of Khanh Hoa are facing high risk of fire due to prolonged droughts and extremely hot weather.

Hundreds of hectares of agricultural land in the south central province of Ninh Thuan have to stop production. Reservoirs are also running out day by day, threatening the lives of people and cattle.

The Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Division, Ninh Binh Provincial Police Department has strengthened professional training, improving the firefighters’ skills.

A fire broke out on a crude oil tanker docked at the Waruna Shipyard at Belawan port in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on May 11 morning.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s Banda Sea on late May 6, but there was no tsunami warning issued, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a message of sympathy to his Republic of Korea counterpart Chung Se-kyun over the deadly fire in Icheon, Gyeonggi province on April 29.

The Department of Forestry Management has ordered stronger measures in forest fire prevention and fighting be taken by localities.

More than 43,500 ha of forest in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is at high risk of fire during the existing dry season, which began in November and will last until the end of May, according to the province’s Forest Protection Sub-department.

Vietnam has reaffirmed support for peace process led by Afghan people at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)'s teleconference on March 31 discussing Afghanistan situation and activities of the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Vietnam requests China to respect its sovereignty and take no actions that escalate tensions and complicate the situation, affecting peace and stability in the East Sea and the region, as well as efforts of countries in negotiations of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said.

The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on March 23 raised the fire danger level in the locality from “very high” (level 4) to “extreme” (level 5) due to long-lasting heat and low humidity in local forests.

Many newspapers of Ukraine have reported on the financial assistance of the Vietnamese community in the country for local victims of a fire in Odessa in December last year.

As many as 779 earthquakes were recorded in February in Indonesia, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea is taking citizen protection measures after five Vietnamese sailors went missing in a fishing boat fire off the RoK’s Jeju island early March 4.

The Coast Guard of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has confirmed the identities of the five Vietnamese sailors who went missing in a fishing boat fire off the country’s Jeju island on March 4.

Five Vietnamese sailors went missing as a fishing boat carrying eight crew members caught fire in waters off the resort island of Jeju of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 4, reported Yonhap News Agency.

The Royal Thai Army has deployed an MI-17 helicopter to transport tractors, trucks, and heavy machinery up to Phu Kradueng to support firefighting operations.

More than 43,500ha of forest in the southern province of Ca Mau is at high risk of fire due to prolonged hot weather, according to the provincial forest management, agricultural and rural development departments.

A fire broke out at Vietnamese market Svaty Kriz in Cheb city in the Czech Republic’s province of Karlovy Vary near the border with Germany early on February 25.