A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Gutad town on the Philippines’ Luzon island on April 22 afternoon, with at least two people killed due to house collapse.
Three members of a family in Suoi Cat commune, Khanh Hoa province died on December 30 in a house collapse caused by a landslide which was triggered by continuous rains.
Five workers were killed and 55 others injured in a four-storey bunkhouse collapse which occurred at dawn on March 6 in the central Philippine city of Cebu.
The Hanoi police said on August 4 afternoon that it was collecting evidence related to a building collapse at No.43 Cua Bac street in Hanoi, which claimed two lives, to consider a possible prosecution
The costs of flood damage following the heaviest rains in four decades in northern coastal Quang Ninh province have exceeded 1 trillion VND (46 million USD), local authorities said on July 30.
Kalmaegi, the third typhoon to hit Vietnam this year, has claimed at
least 10 lives and injured even more, and caused huge economic losses
since it made landfall in the north on September 16.
Authorities in several northern and central provinces of Vietnam are
exerting efforts to overcome consequences of heavy rains and whirlwinds
which have hit the provinces over the past days, causing severe property
damages.
At least 10 people died and over
110,000 others were reported homeless after heavy rain swept over five
cities in China's Hunan province from July 24-25.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
