The meteorological agency warned of the risk of flash floods on small rivers and streams, and landslides on slopes in many communes and wards in five northern provinces as rain continues to fall.
A section of road along the canal bank on Ba Dinh Street, Chanh Hung Ward (Ho Chi Minh City) unexpectedly collapsed and suffered serious landslides, forcing authorities to urgently cordon off the area.
Landslides are no longer isolated incidents but cumulative consequences; the challenge is no longer simply patching the road but saving the pass through long-term planning, engineering, and risk management.
Weak soil, sparse forests, extreme rainfall, eroded slopes, heavy vehicles, construction projects clinging to mountain passes, climate change, and slow planning all converge to make landslides no longer just accidents.
With landslides becoming a constant threat, those living and making a living at the foot of the mountain passes in Lam Dong province enter the rainy season with unprecedented anxiety.
Landslides on mountain passes in Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provinces are no longer a seasonal phenomenon, but have become a permanent occurrence, as many mountain slopes have begun to "flow".
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).
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.
Just three days after its completion, Ms. Man's family home in Dak Lak was devastated by a landslide, and all the savings her children had sent home were lost. The heartbreak is beyond words.
Deep cracks appeared in the ground, roads subsided, and many houses shook and were torn apart, forcing 35 households in Dak Lak to evacuate urgently during the night to ensure their safety.
Heavy rain continues to pour down on a series of central provinces, especially Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa, posing a risk of flash floods and landslides in several communes and wards within the next 6 hours.
Landslides caused by heavy rains in two areas of Central Java province (Indonesia) last week killed at least 18 people, and search and rescue efforts are still ongoing.
Prolonged heavy rain in Khanh Hoa has caused landslides in many locations along the Khanh Son pass (Provincial Road 9), isolating some households in Thanh Phat residential area (Nam Nha Trang ward).
A landslide on the hillside caused rocks and soil to cascade down along with raging floodwaters, cutting across National Highway 40B in Nam Tra My commune, Da Nang, terrifying many people.
A forward command post was established right at the scene of the serious landslide in Hung Son commune (Da Nang city) to deploy rescue and relief efforts.
Hung Son commune (Da Nang city) organized the emergency relocation of 171 households with 664 people after a serious landslide, suspected to have buried 3 local residents.
On the morning of November 14th, in Put village, Hung Son commune, Da Nang, many residents were terrified when they witnessed a large amount of soil and rocks falling from the mountain onto their farmland, causing three people to go missing.
After more than 5 hours of battering, Typhoon Kalmaegi caused severe damage, but the danger is far from over, with warnings of heavy rain, flooding, and landslides from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri.
The post-storm rain in Quang Ngai and Dak Lak is not heavy and will stop completely after 1 PM today, but from November 7-8, the rain area will shift to the Thanh Hoa - Da Nang region.
Over 6.000 cubic meters of soil and rocks have collapsed onto National Highway 9B and National Highway 9C in Kim Ngan commune, Quang Tri province, burying several sections of the road and paralyzing traffic.
The Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dak Lak province requested local authorities and residents to provide support for the burial of the victims and the reconstruction of houses to ensure their safety after the house foundation collapse in Yang Mao commune.
The meteorological agency has issued the latest bulletin on exceptionally large floods on the Cau and Thuong rivers, causing widespread flooding, and also warned of landslides in five northern provinces.
Nearly four years after the landslide at Cam Mountain (Cat Tien commune, Gia Lai province), the local people are still living in anxiety and uncertainty, waiting to be relocated to a new resettlement area.
The remnants of Typhoon No. 11 caused heavy rain in many mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa province. In Muong Lat commune, a landslide occurred during the night, killing a married couple.
Faced with flooding, landslides, and scorching heat in Da Lat, Lam Dong province has pledged to tighten construction management and protect the city from the concrete jungle.
Typhoon Bualoi (Typhoon No. 10) has weakened, but its circulation continues to cause heavy rain, and floods on rivers in Ha Tinh province have exceeded alarm level 3, posing a major risk of flooding downstream.
According to Dr. Ngo Viet Nam Son, Da Lat is being eroded by a wave of concrete construction, and urgent action is needed to save the city before it's too late.