Large numbers of people in central and Central Highlands provinces have been busy cooking thousands of traditional glutinous rice cakes to help those struggling amid the historic flooding in the middle of the country.
More than 20 people have lost their lives and over one million affected as of January 9 after the most severe flooding over past decades hit Thailand’s southern neck.
At least 18 people have lost their lives and more than one million affected as by January 9 after the most severe flooding over past decades hit Thailand’s southern neck.
Vietnamese communities in many countries across the world have made donations to help people in central provinces who suffered from flooding caused by prolonged downpours in the past month.
Despite more than 40 years of environmental management in the ASEAN
region, degradation of the environment continues, affecting the most
vulnerable populations, a senior policy advisor for the Institute for
Global Environment Strategies said on August 3 at a climate-change forum
held in Vientiane, Laos.
A rolling landslide caused by prolonged heavy flooding crushed a long stretch of National Highway 12 linking the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Lai Chau on August 3.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is giving top
priority to afforestation and reforestation projects in line with
Vietnam's Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC).
Drought is forecast to strike many parts of central Vietnam this year,
leaving negative impacts on locals and water resources in the region,
the Saigon Times Daily reported.
Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have managed a good supply of
flower and ornamental trees for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year)
festival despite the long and heavy flooding the region suffered last
year.
Ongoing flooding in the Mekong Delta has claimed the lives of 15
children and three adults, announced the National Steering Committee for
Flood and Storm Prevention and Control.
Over the past few days, prolonged downpours have caused flooding in
several central and southern provinces, affecting local people's lives
and near-harvested farm produce.
Numerous deputies used their alloted seven minutes to address the trade
deficit; pollution and the widening income gap during the second day of
12th National Assembly's discussion session telivised live nationwide
on Nov. 2.
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