Ho Chi Minh City plans trial of drones for rescue operations, delivery services
Ho Chi Minh City 15:46 03/12/2025Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to pilot a range of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services, using drones for rescue operations and delivery services, according to a recent report by the municipal People’s Committee.
Rescuers save 20-day-old infant stranded in south-central Vietnam floods
Vietnam News 17:58 22/11/2025A 20-day-old baby girl trapped in the flooded commune of Dien Dien in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam was rescued on Friday by waterway police officers, who navigated deep floodwaters and heavy debris to reach the isolated family and bring them to safety.
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.
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.
Paying it forward: Vietnamese man who survived 13 hours adrift at sea forms free rescue team
Vietnam News 15:50 19/10/2025After surviving 13 hours adrift at sea with his young daughter, Nguyen Thanh Tung, 35, from Truong Vinh Ward, Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam, has formed a volunteer rescue team to repay the kindness that once saved his life.
Austrian tourists rescued after unauthorized trek in Vietnam national park
Vietnam News 16:49 18/10/2025Two Austrian tourists were rescued late Friday after getting lost during an unauthorized hike in Hoang Lien National Park in northern Vietnam, local authorities said.
Police officers brave raging floodwaters to rescue family of 5 in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:13 07/10/2025Amid sudden and severe flooding in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, five members of a family were successfully rescued by local police officers after being trapped in their home, surrounded by fast-moving floodwaters, on Tuesday.
Philippines ends quake rescue efforts, priority now on helping the 20,000 displaced
World 18:28 03/10/2025Philippine authorities said on Thursday that search and rescue operations in quake-hit Cebu province have ended, as the current death toll of 72 was not expected to go much higher and missing people had been accounted for.
More than 40 missing in Nigeria boat accident, emergency agency says
World 11:49 18/08/2025More than 40 people were missing in a boat accident in Nigeria after a boat conveying 50 persons to a popular market in northwest Sokoto State capsized on Sunday, the country's emergency agency said.
Another body found in capsized boat incident in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
Vietnam News 15:30 22/07/2025Another victim’s body has been recovered approximately 500 meters from the site of an accident in which a tourist boat capsized in Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam on Saturday last week, Lieutenant Colonel Le The Dung, deputy head of the Hon Gai Port Border Guard Station, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
Public urged not to blame victims of Ha Long Bay boat tragedy that killed at least 35
In-Depth 12:28 21/07/2025Vietnamese netizens and weather experts are calling for compassion and understanding following the tragic boat capsizing in Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam that claimed the lives of at least 35 people.
Vietnam hunts four missing after sudden thunderstorm capsized tourist boat
Vietnam News 09:53 21/07/2025Dozens of rescuers were scrambling in Vietnam on Sunday to trace four missing people after retrieving the bodies of dozens killed when a thunderstorm capsized a boat in the top tourist destination of Halong Bay, authorities said.
