Myanmar troops were deployed to landslide-hit areas in southeastern Mon state on August 11 to support search and rescue efforts after the death toll from a recent landslide increased to 48.
All three members in a family were buried in their home due to landslide in Dak Sin commune, Dak R’lap district of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on August 7 night.
At least four people died and 31 others were missing when their fishing boat sank in waters off Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province on Borneo island, local media reported on August 2.
A high-level delegation of the Lao People’s Army (LPA) led by Lieutenant General Thongloi Silivong, Deputy Minister of National Defence and head of the LPA’s General Department of Politics, visited Vietnam’s Military Zone 9 High Command on March 20.
Search and rescue efforts for passengers aboard a Lion Air plane that crashed into sea on October 29 were underway throughout the night under an order from Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
At least 22 people have died and many are missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in western Indonesia, the country’s national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on October 13.
Indonesia has decided to extend its search for victims by one day on October 11, following the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that struck Palu city, Central Sulawesi province on September 28.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on October 3 paid his second visit to Central Sulawesi province, which was severely damaged by recent earthquakes and tsunami, to ramp up aid efforts.
The earthquakes and subsequent tsunami that hit Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi have so far killed 1,407 people, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported on October 3.
The Vietnam-Malaysia relations have been consolidated and developed across the fields of politics-diplomacy, defence-security, economy, and cultural exchange over the past 45 years, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Le Quy Quynh.
The Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in Laos burst at 8:00pm on July 23, causing flash floods in 10 low-lying villages and completely isolating Sanamxay district.
Relevant ministries and sector should channel their focus and draw up measures in response to natural disasters for the time to come, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong at a meeting held in Hanoi on July 25.
Vietnam attaches great importance to defence ties with Thailand and hopes to deepen collaboration in this field, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of Defence, has said.
As of 6:30am on July 6, one person has been found dead and 53 others remain missing after a tourist boat capsized in high winds and rough seas off the tourist island of Phuket, Thailand on July 5.
Rescuers have found the teenage football team who are alive after nine days trapped inside Tham Luang cave, and preparations are being made to take them out, authorities from Thailand’s Chiang Rai province said on July 2.
Indonesian authorities said on June 25 that they have pinpointed the location of vessel KM Sinar Bangun that sank a week ago in Lake Toba, one of the world’s deepest lakes.
The Indonesian National Police said that they will investigate a possible criminal offence in a boat incident that left many people missing at Lake Toba in North Sumatra on June 18.
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