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Strong storm in Vietnam kills 5, damages 6800 houses

March 5, 2020: Strong storm in Vietnam has claimed lives of five people and damaged around 6,800 houses. Tornadoes, heavy rainfall and thunderstorms have been reported in northern Vietnam. According to the the Vietnam Di…

Typhoon Matmo injures 14 in Vietnam

November 1, 2019: Typhoon Matmo has injured fourteen people and left one person missing in Vietnam. According to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Typhoon Matmo has destroyed 179 hou…

Floods and landslides in Vietnam kill 72

October 13, 2017: At least 72 people have been killed in flood and landslide caused by typhoon Khanun. According to the Vietnam's disaster agency, at least eighteen people died in Hoa Binh province by a landslide. Kh…

Flooding in central Vietnam kills 13

December 3, 2016: At least 13 people have died in flood disaster brought by torrential rain since late November this year, the government and state media said on Sunday. Six people died in floods in Binh Dinh provinces. Four …

2 killed by flooding in central Vietnam

November 3, 2016: Flooding triggered by torrential rainfall caused flooding in central Vietnam claiming lives of two people and left several others missing. The flood water rose to two metres in parts of the neighbouring pro…

Vietnam: Typhoon Dianmu kills 1, injures 3

Typhoon Dianmu has claimed life of a person and injured three others in Vietnam, Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said Xinhua News Agency . A 48-year-old man died after being swept away b…

USAID helps Viet Nam better prepare for natural disasters

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped Vietnam for a new disaster risk management program in response to the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction . According to the Government of V…

Typhoon Kujira 2015: Nine dead, 6 missing in Vietnam

Typhoon Kujira, which made landfall in Vietnam, has left nine dead and six others missing as of Thursday morning.  Son La Province has been the hardest hit with eight fatalities caused by flash floods and landslides, Thanh N…

Storm in Hanoi, Vietnam kills two

Heavy storm in Hanoi,  the capital of Vietnam, has claimed lives of at least two people and injured four others. Two people died after being crushed by falling trees while driving their motorbikes on Minh Khai and Nguyen Du…

Hailstorm in Vietnam causes widespread havoc

Hailstorm in Da Lat City in the Central Highlands' Lam Dong Province of Vietnam has caused widespread havoc. Heavy hailstorm hit three wards of 9, 11 and 12 in Da Lat City collapsing dozens of houses and greenhouses, Vie…

Disaster risk management programme reduces 8% deaths in Vietnam

Around one third of Viet Nam’s most vulnerable communes have developed disaster risk reduction plans reducing 8% annual death rate,  UN Development Programme said. In a meeting organised to review the progress of the nationa…

Floods in Vietnam kill two children

Recent floods in Vietnam's central Thua Thien - Hue Province have claimed lives of at least two children, Vietnam News reported. The two children were cycling to their school when they fell into the river and drowned.

Landslides triggered by Typhoon Kalmaegi kill 7 in Vietnam

Landslides triggered by Typhoon Kalmaegi have claimed lives of at least seven people in Lang Son’s Dong Dang Town of Vietnam. According to the Asian Correspondent, about 55,000 people in four northern coastal provinces were ev…

Vietnam flooding in Lai Chau claims 5 lives

Flooding in Lai Chau province of Vietnam has claimed lives of at least five people. According to the Vietnam News, floodwater hit Thac Can Village, Tam Duong Town, in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, at 2am today…

Landslides, floods kill 5 in Vietnam

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have claimed lives of at least five people and forced 69,000 from their homes in central Vietnam, disaster management officials said today. Recent floods and landslides have force…

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