ASEAN sends relief goods to flood-affected communities in Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:06 16/10/2025ASEAN’s second shipment of relief goods for flood-hit areas in Vietnam is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on Thursday before being transported to Cao Bang Province, one of the hardest-hit localities.
Natural disasters have caused $1.3bn in damage across Vietnam so far this year
Vietnam News 11:43 10/10/2025Natural disasters have caused an estimated VND35 trillion (US$1.3 billion) in economic losses across Vietnam so far this year, not including the tens of trillions of dong in vehicle repair costs following widespread floods, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Nguyen Hoang Hiep said at a meeting with Vietnam's disaster risk reduction partners on Thursday.
Japan eyeing measure to speed up disaster damage recognition
World 15:53 18/08/2025TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet Office will create a registration system for local government employees with extensive experience assessing and recognizing disaster damage to houses and issuing damage certificates.
Japan to study ways to expand use of disaster food trucks
World 17:16 01/07/2025TOKYO -- The Japanese government will study how food trucks that local governments own to dispatch to serve hot meals in times of disaster can be used at other times.
Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue considers mapping landslide hazards
Vietnam News 14:07 09/08/2023This topic was discussed by the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment in 2020, following tragic landslides near the Rao Trang hydropower plant area
Vietnam hosts flash flood guidance system in Southeast Asia
Vietnam News 15:14 30/06/2022The project aims to provide forecasts and early warnings for member countries in the region
Living on the brink: Families in central Vietnam grapple to survive in flooded houses
Vietnam News 10:23 18/10/2020Flood levels have risen, then receded repeatedly for three times, which is enough to drive the locals’ morale to fatigue
Body of pregnant woman swept away by floodwater found in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 20:51 13/10/2020She was heading to a hospital to deliver her baby
Landslides leave 6 dead, 5 missing in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 09:49 04/08/2018Heavy rains and landslides are forecast to continue wrecking havoc over northern Vietnam his weekend
