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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently approved a development plan for Thac Ba Reservoir tourism site in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Another cold front arrived earlier on December 11, plunging the northern region into the coldest days so far this winter and bringing rainfall to central Vietnam after disastrous downpours over the weekend.

The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh should bring into play the full potential of its land, people and culture to become a tourism locality, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a working session with local officials on December 11.

A 2.7-magnitude earthquakewas reported in Bac Tra My district of the central province of Quang Nam on October 25, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)’s Institute of Geophysics.

With more than 8,000ha of enclosed farming area, the fish farming trade in the reservoir of Tuyen Quang hydro power plant is generating thousands of job for local people.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on August 16 urged the central province of Thanh Hoa to mobilise all resources in order to protect the lives and property of local residents as Storm Bebinca approaches.

It is necessary to build dedicated hydro-meteorological networks in large reservoirs and install systems for monitoring reservoirs’ operation in order to better ensure dam safety, said Le Van Duong from the General Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

A 65ha freshwater reservoir with a designed capacity of 4.5 million cubic metres will be built in Vinh Tuong commune, Vi Thuy district, Hau Giang province in response to climate change.

The construction of a solar power plant with a capacity of 50 MW kicked off in Phuoc Dinh commune of Thuan Nam district, the south central province of Ninh Thuan, on March 31.

At the side of a local hydroelectric reservoir, a group of Thai youngsters are unleashing the economic potential of the northwest mountainous province of Son La.

Thousands of residents in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta have been evacuated due to flooding though the levels of rivers swollen by the release of water from a reservoir upstream have been dropping, according to Jakarta’s governor.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is calling for 969 billion VND (over 42.63 million USD) in investment in ten priority agricultural and rural development projects.

A reservoir embankment in central Quang Tri province is at high risk of breaching, threatening the safety of 3,000 local residents who live below the reservoir.

Seven dams and reservoirs in Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue provinces have begun releasing water as the central region experiences torrential downpours.

The Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held an urgent meeting on November 2 to prepare for the 12th storm, internationally known as Damrey.

The Binh Phuoc Water Supply and Sewage Company put into operation a 10,000-cubic-metre clean water plant in Phuoc Long commune, southern Binh Phuoc province, on October 12.

Downpours triggered by the tropical low pressure system over the past two days have caused serious damage to houses and roads and threatened to overflow reservoirs across the north central region.

The Netherlands is willing to share experience and cooperate with Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City to cope with climate change.

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNForest) has proposed a halt to two projects developing commercial activities in natural forest and forestry land in the central province of Phu Yen.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered relevant agencies to conscientiously maintain the dyke system and supervise flood developments in the Hong (Red) River basin multi-reservoir operation.