Five people have died and 14 remain missing as storm Wipha brought torrential rains and strong wind to northern and north central localities for several days from August 1.
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has called on local authorities to map out plans to deal with effects of unusual weather this year.
Authorities and people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are working to overcome consequences of heavy downpours and floods from July 24 night.
The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has earmarked over a trillion of VND on the construction and upgrade of structures designed to prevent erosion along Tien and Hau riverbanks, helping minimise losses caused by natural disasters.
Vietnam recorded 224 persons dead and missing and economic losses of nearly 20 trillion VND (859.5 million USD) in natural disasters in 2018, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Heavy downpours in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang from July 13 night to the next day submerged 918 local houses, said the office of the provincial steering committee on disaster response, search and rescue.
Natural disasters have taken a heavy toll on the north-central province of Thanh Hoa over recent years. To be more resilient to the disasters this year, the province has been repairing and upgrading dykes and other irrigation systems as the rainy season is just around the corner.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has sent a public dispatch to 28 northern and north-central provinces and centrally-run cities as well as relevant agencies urging them to get ready for the upcoming typhoon Mun.
Vietnam’s search and rescue forces will maintain round-the-clock duty so as to give timely response to natural disasters, particularly when the flood and storm season is coming.
Four central provinces will receive assistance in coping with natural disasters under the third phase of a project sponsored by the Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), which was launched during a workshop held on June 25.
Downpour and floods since June 23 left one person dead and three others missing in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau as of 6am of June 25, said the Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
A group of young artists from a social enterprise in Hanoi have brought new life to tens of thousands of used plastic items and transformed them into impressive artworks which are on display at an ongoing exhibition in the capital.
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s Banda Sea on June 24, jolting a region 286 km west-northwest of Saumlaki, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on June 21 cabled a message of sympathy to Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi over recent natural disasters causing human and property losses.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 19 sent his sympathy to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang over the human and property losses in China caused by recent major natural disasters.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasised the Government’s consistent view of building a society safe from natural disasters mainly based on risk control and prevention at a conference on June 20 .
Vietnam has provided 5,000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid to help the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) overcome the consequences of natural disasters.
Natural calamities left four dead and missing nationwide from June 1-3, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held a conference on June 3 in the north-western province of Hoa Binh to discuss measures to prevent natural disasters in the northern mountainous region in 2019.
The protection of submered forests means conserving the environment in the most sustainable way as they play a key role in coastal erosion prevention, biodiversity protection and livelihood provision, a high-ranking official said on May 31.
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