Families left in limbo by billion-dollar resort project in central Vietnam
Vietnam Life 16:10 07/08/2026As Vietnam's central coast braces for another storm season, hundreds of families caught inside the planned expansion area of the US$4 billion Hoiana resort in Da Nang City remain stuck in aging, deteriorating homes, unable to rebuild or relocate after years of delays to compensation and resettlement.
This city can’t be rushed when one visits Vietnam
Travel 13:25 06/08/2026"When travelers plan their Vietnam adventures, they rarely choose to visit Hue, which, in my opinion, is the single greatest disaster for guests to the country."
Slice of Mekong Delta hidden in billion-dollar industrial hub in central Vietnam
Travel 14:29 05/08/2026Surrounded by the billion-dollar Dung Quat Economic Zone in Quang Ngai Province, Bau Ca Cai Lagoon is an unlikely green oasis in central Vietnam, where lush mangrove forests and winding waterways have earned it the nickname ‘a mini Mekong Delta.’
3 pre-Champa kilns dating back nearly 2,000 years unearthed in central Vietnam
Vietnam Life 14:47 22/07/2026An emergency excavation at Chau Sa Ancient Citadel in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam has uncovered three roof tile kilns dating back to around the second and third centuries.
Extreme heat causes container truck tire to explode, tearing up road surface in north-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:43 27/05/2026A section of the Ho Chi Minh Road’s eastern branch in Quang Tri Province, north-central Vietnam was severely damaged after a container truck tire exploded amid extreme heat, causing asphalt to shatter and scatter across the roadway.
Central Vietnam swelters under heatwave as mercury nears 42°C
Vietnam News 10:39 08/04/2026Parts of northwestern and central Vietnam recorded extreme heat on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching nearly 42 degrees Celsius, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
How central Vietnam can ease pain of natural disasters
Vietnam News 17:39 17/12/2025For central Vietnam to truly ‘live with floods,’ it needs fundamental, long-term solutions built on three key pillars, including reorganizing living space, restoring natural ecosystems, and strengthening community capacity.
Drone saves man from capsized boat amid severe flooding in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:05 22/11/2025A man stranded in floodwaters in Dak Lak Province, central Vietnam was rescued on Friday after local police and residents deployed a drone to locate him, hours after his fishing boat capsized in fast-moving currents on the swollen Krong Pak River.
Major flooding kills 41, leaves 9 missing, submerges 68,000 homes across central Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:22 21/11/2025Widespread flooding and landslides have killed 41 people and left nine missing across central Vietnam as of 6:30 am on Friday, with more than 68,000 homes submerged and major highways blocked by deep water and debris.
All-out mobilization to rescue flood-stricken communities in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:36 21/11/2025Authorities across the central region of Vietnam, police, and military forces have deployed massive resources in an urgent effort to reach residents trapped by historic flooding, with Gia Lai, Dak Lak, and Khanh Hoa Provinces among the hardest-hit localities.
Tens of thousands of homes in Vietnam’s Dak Lak submerged in worst flooding in over 30 years
Vietnam News 13:41 20/11/2025Residents across the eastern part of Dak Lak Province, known as the former Phu Yen Province in south-central Vietnam, experienced rising, fast-moving floodwaters triggered by torrential rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday, with tens of thousands of houses flooded in the most severe inundation seen in more than three decades.
Vietnam’s deputy PM orders urgent evacuations as severe flooding hits Dak Lak
Vietnam News 09:30 20/11/2025Rising floodwaters have submerged large parts of eastern Dak Lak Province in central Vietnam, cutting off communities and forcing emergency evacuations as river levels approach historic 1993 records, prompting Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung to order rescue forces to save residents before conditions worsen.
