11 Oct 20 VNExpress Source Storm Linfa is heading straight for central Vietnam, a region that has already been reeling under severe flooding for days. Developing from a tropical depression, as of 7:40 a.m. Sunday, the storm was 170 km (106 miles) from Binh Dinh Province and 240 km from Qu...
Deluge turns life upside down in central Vietnam
08 Oct 20 VNExpress Source With roads blocked and homes inundated, people in central Vietnam are trying to save as much property from floods as possible. Source: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/deluge-turns-life-upside-down-in-central-vietnam-4173728.html A man carries a bag of clo...
Over 11,000 evacuated as floods ravage central Vietnam
09 Oct 20 VNExpress Source Over 11,000 people have been evacuated to safety in central Vietnam which has been hit by severe flooding following prolonged rains. The entire region has been battered by torrential downpours for the last three days.Some areas in Quang Tri Province and neighbor...
Prolonged rains cause flooding across central Vietnam
08 Oct 20 VNExpress Source Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Hue, and Da Nang have been hit by severe flooding following torrential rains, and many residential areas have been cut off. The entire central region has been battered by downpours since Tuesday as a cold spell came in contact with tropical...
Central provinces told to prepare for dangerous weather
07 Oct 20 Vietnamplus Source The central region is forecast to experience prolonged heavy rains and floods in the coming days due to a low-pressure system in the East Sea that may grow into a tropical depression. Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The central region is forecast to experience prolonged hea...
HCMC’s flooding nemesis does not spare its highest district
20 Sep 20 VNExpress Source Thu Duc is the highest district in HCMC, but this fact has not helped it escape the scourge of seasonal flooding. Worse still, residents have no early respite to look forward to, with proposed solutions moving at snail's pace.Dang Thi Huong, 64, lives on To Ngoc...
Mekong Delta to release floodwaters into rice fields to fertilise soil, destroy pests.
31 Aug 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Farmers in Dong Thap Province's Hong Ngu District will not grow the autumn-winter rice crop, the year's third, on more than 9,000ha and will instead release floodwaters into their fields to fertilise the soil and destroy pathogens and pests. The ups...
HCM City to charge fee for sewerage to reduce flooding
21 August 20 Vietnamnet Global Source HCM City Department of Construction has proposed to collect fees on discharged water in an effort to deal with the severe flooding problem in the area. HCM City Department of Construction has submitted the proposal to the city people's committee related to ...
Flood and landslide alerts for northern mountainous provinces
21 July 20 Vietnamnet Global Source The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has issued flood and landslide warnings for northern mountainous provinces on Monday and Tuesday when heavy rain is set to the region. Early Monday morning, floodwater swept away thousands of cubi...
How can Hanoi prepare for heavy rains and floods?
20 July 20 Vietnamnet Global Source If it rains heavily and flooding is intense, it is highly possible that dykes will break, experts say. A meeting of the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in early July discussed solutions to cope with the heavy rains and f...
HCM City's many flood-prevention programs still not solving problems
14 July 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Tens of trillions of dong have been spent to develop the flood control system on HCM City, but the situation appears to be getting worse. At least five big floods have occurred on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in HCM City since the beginning of the rainy season.Desp...
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Flood and drought remain key challenges for Mekong region: Report ( 6/2020)
17 June 20 Vietnamnet Global Source Extreme low flows and extensive flooding of different communities along the Mekong River last year and an increasing number of droughts that have occurred in many parts of the region in recent years are among the signs that the Mekong region is fac...
Mammoth flood prevention project in Ho Chi Minh City may miss deadline
15 June 20 VN Explorer Source A multimillion-dollar flood prevention project in Ho Chi Minh City may fall behind its scheduled launch date in November if delays in the handover of cleared sites persist, according to the developer. On Monday, leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Ru...
Tan Son Nhat airport drainage projects remain consigned to paper
10 June 20 Dan Tri International Source Projects to upgrade several canals linked to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City remain delayed due to tardy site clearance and lack of investment, so the airport would continue facing flooding in the rainy season. Tan Son Nhat Internatio...
HCM City sees big decrease in street flooding
10 June 20 Viet Nam News Souce HCM CITY— The anti-flooding works carried out in HCM City since 2008 have helped reduce the number of streets that are flooded during moderate to heavy rainfall, according to the city Department of Construction. The city had three heavy spells of rain since ...