Following the devastating damage to the An Luong embankment caused by storms, which left hundreds of households in a state of "alert," Da Nang City decided to invest 210 billion VND in constructing a new embankment.
According to experts, heavy rain will increase in Northern Vietnam this evening and tonight, then spread to Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces, and precautions should be taken against flooding on rivers.
According to experts, from tonight, May 19th, Northern Vietnam and the two provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will experience moderate to heavy rain over a wide area, with a high risk of flash floods and landslides in mountainous regions.
On the morning of May 18th, a storm hit Quang Ninh province, blowing away the corrugated iron roofs of houses and causing the roof of a playground at a kindergarten to collapse.
The Ka Long River is rising and flowing rapidly, posing a risk of being swept away by the water; militia and border guards in Quang Ninh are assisting residents in relocating their belongings.
Heavy rains and floods swept through many communes in Cao Bang province on the night of May 16th, washing away passenger buses and causing flooding and landslides on numerous roads.
After 24 hours on January 31st, the Central Relief Campaign Committee will stop accepting donations for people affected by storms and floods.
For a month, forces from the Hue City Police worked regardless of the weather to repair and rebuild houses for households affected by the floods.
According to leaders of the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee, the province is currently doing everything to help people overcome the consequences, stabilize their lives, and move forward.
Military and militia forces are urgently cutting bamboo and clearing the ground to prepare for the construction of an emergency landslide prevention embankment in Khe Sanh commune (Quang Tri province).
The Khánh Hòa Provincial Police are investigating and inspecting the operation of floodwater release from reservoirs in the area during the heavy rains from November 17-22, which caused widespread flooding.
Prolonged heavy rains and flooding have caused serious landslides on eight key roads, prompting Khanh Hoa province to declare a state of emergency due to natural disasters in order to address the situation and ensure smooth traffic flow.
On the afternoon of December 5th, the Lien Huong Port Border Guard Station, under the Lam Dong Provincial Border Guard Command, announced that they had salvaged 10 out of 26 fishing vessels that sank due to heavy rain and flooding.
Typhoon No. 16 is forecast to enter the East Sea, potentially directly affecting the mainland of the Central and South Central regions, causing moderate to heavy rain.
Readers of VTC News online newspaper donated over 55 million VND to disadvantaged people from June 15th to June 21th.
Heavy rains caused soil and rocks from previous landslides to flow down, burying a section of the road leading to the Laguna tourist area (Hue City).
Successive storms and floods have caused severe erosion along the Ham Rong coastline (Vinh Loc commune, Hue City), destroying many shops and stalls and putting them at risk of being wiped out.
Numerous earthworms crawled onto the road surface in Vinh Son village (Phu Trach commune, Quang Tri province) and then died, causing concern among the local residents.
Nghe An police have fined people for spreading false information about flood damage and advised people to be wary of unverified information on social media.
On the afternoon of November 29th, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited, presented gifts, and encouraged people affected and damaged by floods in Hoa Thinh commune, Dak Lak province.
After four consecutive floods, while other localities in Hue are returning to normal life, many families in Khe Tre commune are still living in fear that the river god will "swallow" their houses.
National Assembly Deputy Trinh Xuan An proposed a comprehensive review of the entire small hydropower system and a reassessment of flood release procedures to avoid situations where "the procedure is correct but the consequences are severe."
Typhoon Koto (Typhoon No. 15) veered southward, then changed direction to the north, moving at a speed of only 3-5 km/h, and is expected to affect Gia Lai around December 1-2.
The meteorological agency assessed that Typhoon No. 15 reached its strongest intensity while operating over the East Sea, its speed slowed down, and it continuously changed direction, making its development unpredictable.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested relevant agencies to urgently conduct a comprehensive assessment of the causes of the recent natural disasters and propose solutions for handling small reservoirs that do not meet safety standards.
Experts warn that Typhoon Koto (Typhoon No. 15) is moving unusually slowly, only traveling at a speed of about 5-10 km/h since the afternoon of November 28, and its impact is expected to last 5-7 days.
According to Major General Nguyen Hong Nguyen, the police force is determined to build houses "as quickly and durably as possible," helping people to stabilize their lives as soon as possible.
Clutching her two-month-old son tightly in her arms, huddled beside her nine-year-old daughter, and without food or water, the mother and her two children held out for over 15 hours on the roof of their house amidst the raging floodwaters.
The Prime Minister instructed unaffected areas to boost production and business beyond planned targets to compensate for localities severely affected by the natural disaster.
"Only the foundation of my house remains intact," said Ms. Nguyen Thi Lai (Hoa Thinh commune, Dak Lak province), her voice choked with sobs.
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