The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C), one of the builders of the Xepian Xe-Namnoy hydropower dam of Laos, said on July 24 that it has formed a crisis management team to respond to the dam collapse.
Top leaders of Vietnam have expressed sympathy with their Lao counterparts over the great losses in humans and property caused by the collapse of Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the Lao province of Attapeu on July 23.
Among 12-13 storms forecast to enter East Sea, up to six are forecast to directly affect the mainland in 2018, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecastings.
More than 100 soldiers in Filipino and Australian naval forces on October 15 ran a disaster response drill in Subic Bay, northwest of Manila, the Philippines to deepen security ties in a region prone to disasters, piracy and territorial rifts.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has asked local authorities to urgently examine and determine the reason for the mass oyster deaths in Tien Yen district.
Fourteen houses and two house floors in My Hoi Dong Commune, Cho Moi district, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang fell into the Hau River due to riverbank erosion on April 22.
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on November 16 released a list of foreign tourists evacuated from the most affected area by recent earthquakes, with no Vietnamese reported.
Cao Van Ba, who has lived on the Son Islet in the middle of the Hau River for nearly 50 years, fears that he will have no choice to move to the mainland as erosion is destroying his farmland.
A conference was held in the central province of Quang Tri on July 12 to seek solutions to expand the means of earning a living for fishermen who have been effected by the recent mass fish deaths.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is delivering support to local farmers affected by saltwater intrusion-caused damage of up to 569.2 billion VND (25.5 million USD).
A forest fire broke out in Ta Van Giay village, 8 kilometres from Sa Pa Town, northern Lao Cai province at 13:00 PM on February 10 - or the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Water shortages are affecting more than 57,000ha of rice farmland in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang, with entire crops at risk of being wiped out completely due to the prolonged drought.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) requested on June 17 that health
authorities throughout the country assign round-the-clock on duty staff
to prevent an outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Vietnam.
With around 75 percent of Vietnam's urban population living in low
elevation coastal zones, many people will be affected by rising sea
levels, experts have warned.
The Ministry of Health is keeping a close watch on 83 airline passengers
who came from Ebola-hit regions recently, affirmed Tran Dac Phu, head
of the ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department on August 22.
The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has detected A/H5N6 virus
in a local red pheasant farm for the first time, reported the provincial
Department of Veterinary under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai chaired an urgent meeting in
Hanoi on September 17 to prepare for a coming storm, the eight of its
kind so far this year.
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