Ho Chi Minh City eyes flood-resilient metro stations
Ho Chi Minh City 15:46 24/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Construction has called on the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways to take the lead in researching and developing metro stations capable of withstanding flooding, as part of the city’s long-term strategy to adapt to climate change.
Ho Chi Minh City needs comprehensive solutions to tackle flooding: experts
Ho Chi Minh City 17:13 22/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City plans to invest more than 142 trillion VND (5.49 billion USD) in 87 flood control projects during 2026–2030 to tackle flooding at 50 hotspots, with a focus on addressing root causes and developing integrated drainage systems to ensure investment effectiveness and deliver measurable reductions in flooding.
High tides severely flood streets, homes in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 23:00 11/10/2026High tides submerged multiple streets and residential areas across Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, leaving motorbikes stranded, disrupting traffic and forcing residents to build makeshift barriers to keep water out of their homes.
$385mn flood control project in Ho Chi Minh City nears finish line as residents await operations
Ho Chi Minh City 14:13 04/10/2026After years of enduring flooding caused by heavy rains and high tides, residents in parts of Ho Chi Minh City are eagerly awaiting the completion of a VND10-trillion (US$385 million) flood control project, which is now in its final stages and is expected to begin operations in November.
Heavy rain, strong winds sweep Ho Chi Minh City, turning skies dark
Ho Chi Minh City 20:03 01/10/2026Ho Chi Minh City was battered by heavy downpours, strong winds, thunder and lightning on Thursday afternoon. Worse still, the city faces several more days of late-afternoon downpours, with rainfall expected to intensify early next week.
Heavy rain turns streets into torrents, knocks motorcyclists down in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 11:08 19/09/2026Heavy rain lashed Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening, flooding many streets and sending torrents of water rushing through the streets, with some motorcyclists knocked off their bikes.
Floods force evacuation of thousands in northern Vietnam, while landslide kills 3 family members
Vietnam News 16:21 17/09/2026Heavy rains have swollen rivers across northern Vietnam, flooding thousands of homes and forcing evacuations in Hanoi and Thanh Hoa Province, while a landslide in Phu Tho Province killed three members of the same family.
Heavy rain floods streets, disrupts evening commute in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City 20:41 10/09/2026Downpours lashed several parts of Ho Chi Minh City at around 5:00 pm on Thursday, flooding streets and hampering traffic as commuters made their way home.
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion, official says
World 13:10 04/09/2026KATHMANDU - Property, housing and infrastructure worth at least 387.5 billion Nepalese rupees ($2.56 billion) was lost in Nepal's catastrophic floods last week, the country's disaster authority chief told Reuters on Friday.
Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
World 13:56 31/08/2026Nepal was burying on Monday some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing.
Vietnamese woman shares experience of devastating Nepal flash floods, gives updates on missing citizen
Vietnam News 17:39 29/08/2026A Vietnamese woman living in Nepal has recounted the devastation caused by the catastrophic flash floods that struck the country's northern region on Wednesday, while providing new information about a Vietnamese citizen who remains missing.
Hundreds killed, more than 1,000 missing in Nepal and China after Himalayan flood
World 21:40 27/08/2026Rescuers searched for survivors in the debris-strewn valleys and hillsides of Nepal on Thursday while more than 1,000 people remained missing there and in neighbouring China after a wall of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering a catastrophic flash flood.
