Overseas Vietnamese in Italy have raised nearly 300 million VND (around 13,200 USD) to finance the repair of schools in remote areas in central Vietnam which were hardly hit by natural disasters last year.
The eighth to tenth month of the lunar calendar are that busiest time of the year for fishermen in various upstream localities in the southern province of Dong Thap like Hong Ngu, Tan Hong districts and Hong Ngu city, as the arrival of the flooding season brings along fish.
The Prime Minister has ordered localities in the central region, ministries, and sectors to take swift actions to address flooding consequences and gear up for an approaching tropical depression likely to strengthen into storm.
Photographer Huynh Phuc Hau grew up in Chau Doc city, An Giang province. He has taken many photos of the Mekong Delta province in the flooding seasons. The following photo collection was conducted in many years, introducing the public to the vast fields in Chau Doc city and Tinh Bien district in An Giang province.
The weather has turned cold in the northern and north central regions, with temperatures in some mountainous areas dropping below 17 degrees C, due to a new strong cold wave.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on October 12 chaired an online meeting of the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control with six central localities on measures to respond to Storm Kompasu, the eighth entering the East Sea so far this year.
The Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on September 30 requested central, Central Highlands and southern provinces and cities to continue carrying out measures to address consequences caused by recent heavy rains and flooding, and closely monitor water flows into reservoirs.
Tropical Storm Dianmu has caused widespread flooding in 30 provinces in central, northern and northeastern Thailand, affecting more than 70,000 households, the country’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said.
Vietnamese children are heavily exposed to air pollution and flooding, said a report launched by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on August 20.
Heavy downpours and floods claimed one life in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, announced the provincial steering board for disaster response and search and rescue on July 29.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 22 sent a message of sympathy to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang over human and asset losses caused by flooding in Henan province.
The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting under the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration and HydroScan Company of Belgium signed a cooperation agreement on the transfer of real-time flood forecast technology for Hanoi’s inner areas.
A total of 508 billion VND (22.14 million USD) was lost due to natural disasters between January and June this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The first phase of a 10 trillion VND (433.3 million USD) project to control flooding caused by tides in the Ho Chi Minh City has so far seen 90 percent of its workload completed, informed the investor Trung Nam Group on July 2.
Construction of 11 anti-flooding projects and one environmental sanitation project costing more than 8 trillion VND (347.83 million USD) will begin in HCM City before the end of the year, the municipal Department of Construction has said.
Provinces and cities in the northeast and north central regions are set to see heavy rain of up to 40-120mm on April 26, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC)’s Central Committee said that repairs to 22 schools damaged by downpours and floods in the central region were completed on April 5-6.
The overexploitation of groundwater in the Mekong Delta has contributed to severe land subsidence, which could lead to devastating consequences if the practice continues, experts have said.
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