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Ho Chi Minh City reduces groundwater extraction to fight land subsidence
Ho Chi Minh City 15:06 17/09/2025Reducing groundwater extraction is a key step in Ho Chi Minh City’s proactive strategy to combat land subsidence, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Trung Chon, head of the Research Institute for Sustainable Development at the University of Natural Resources and Environment.
Ho Chi Minh City’s severe land subsidence heightens flood risks: study
Ho Chi Minh City 17:02 15/09/2025Rapidly sinking ground is worsening high-tide flooding in Ho Chi Minh City, disrupting residents’ daily lives and threatening the city’s socio-economic development, according to recent research.
Wooden church sets off on slow Swedish road trip to escape mining subsidence
World 14:11 19/08/2025KIRUNA, Sweden -- Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home on Tuesday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.
23 land subsidence incidents reported in Vietnamese commune
Vietnam News 17:13 19/07/2025Land subsidence has struck Thanh Tung Commune in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam, 23 times since early 2025, damaging roads, homes, and public infrastructure, with estimated losses nearing VND1.7 billion (US$65,180), a local official said on Friday.
Land subsidence prompts emergency declaration in southern Vietnam province
Vietnam News 14:05 12/08/2024A riverbank section measuring around 32 meters long in Thuy Dong Commune of Thanh Hoa District had sunk
Embankment construction plunges houses, road into subsidence in Vietnam’s Can Tho
Vietnam News 16:33 24/07/2024Subsidence and cracking on the road and many houses were detected in mid-July
At least 300ha of land lost to subsidence each year in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 15:28 02/07/2024The delta has sunk 10 times faster than the sea-level rise over the past three decades
Riverside road ravaged by subsidence just 1 year after upgrade
Vietnam News 10:31 21/06/2024Several sections of the road subsided by more than one meter
Southern Vietnamese province imposes traffic ban due to severe land subsidence
Vietnam News 13:50 24/05/2024The traffic ban was imposed on Road 965 to ensure human and traffic safety, and will be in effect from Tuesday until further notice
Canal embankment subsidence poses danger to dozens of households in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 12:18 23/04/2024Local authorities have assigned relevant units to evacuate affected people to safer places as soon as possible
Land subsidence strikes food warehouse in southern Vietnam, causing losses of over $392,000
Vietnam News 15:05 20/04/2024The land subsidence continued to ravage a road adjacent to the warehouse, causing road cracks on an area of 168 square meters
State of emergency declared over riverbank subsidence in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Vietnam News 12:40 20/04/202419 locations were battered by land subsidence, with a total length of over 16 kilometers
