Flooding prompts evacuation of residents in Vietnam’s mountainous province
Vietnam News 19:23 03/08/2026Police officers in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam evacuated residents and their belongings from heavily flooded areas on Monday morning after downpours submerged neighborhoods and disrupted traffic.
Heavy rain triggers road inundation in Vietnam’s Lao Cai
Vietnam News 12:02 03/08/2026Torrential downpours triggered flash flooding across parts of Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam on Monday morning, inundating several roads and homes while disrupting traffic.
Vietnam has new national park
Vietnam News 12:06 25/03/2026Authorities in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam have officially upgraded Bat Xat Nature Reserve to national park status, making it the country’s 36th national park.
Vietnam’s Lao Cai approves $505mn flood control project
Vietnam News 18:15 02/03/2026Authorities in Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam have approved a flood prevention project along the Red River valued at VND13.269 trillion (US$505 million), aiming to protect the provincial center and surrounding areas from recurring inundation.
Vietnam’s local official expelled from Party over fatal drunk driving crash
Vietnam News 15:13 15/08/2025The Party Committee of Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam has expelled Lo Van Manh, deputy Party chief of Phong Du Thuong Commune, for driving under the influence and causing an accident that left one person dead and 10 others injured earlier this week.
Child killed, several injured after local official’s car hits crowd in Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:11 12/08/2025An eight-year-old child was killed and at least seven others were injured after a car driven by a senior local official plowed into a crowd in Phong Du Thuong Commune, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam on Monday evening.
Man loses 10 family members, keeps searching for missing son in wake of Yagi in Vietnam
Vietnam News 09:50 16/09/2024His mother, wife, and two children died, while his one-year-old son is still missing
Vietnamese woman dies of anaphylaxis after second COVID-19 vaccine dose
Vietnam News 16:48 02/01/2022The 23-year-old passed away at the hospital hours after receiving the shot
Boy dies after falling from apartment building in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:20 01/11/2021The victim was a five-year-old boy from Lao Cai Province
Vietnamese man shows up at police station after beating 2-year-old girl at kindergarten
Vietnam News 14:43 05/10/2020He was previously summoned by police officers twice
Man filmed hitting 2-year-old girl at kindergarten in Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:35 02/10/2020The little girl and the man’s daughter had a fight over a toy in their classroom
21 wanted Chinese arrested in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:50 25/08/2020They had entered Vietnam illegally and stayed in northern Lao Cai Province
