VOV.VN - As of November 7, Typhoon Kalmaegi has caused extensive damage across Vietnam’s central region, leaving at least five people dead, three missing, and 17 injured, according to a preliminary report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

VOV.VN - As of the morning of October 2, typhoon Bualoi has left 36 people dead, 21 missing, and 147 injured, with economic losses estimated at VND11.4 trillion, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

The natural disasters of 2024 were devastating and extreme, leaving 514 people dead or missing and causing estimated economic losses of over VND88.748 trillion (US$3.48 billion).

Natural disasters caused economic loss worth nearly VND19.5 trillion (approximately US$830 million) in 2022, up 3.4 times from the loss recorded in 2021, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on April 20.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy could lose more than VND500 trillion in output over the past two years due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Nguyen Thanh Phong, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission.

The World Bank has suggested the Vietnamese Government early devise back-up plans in case the COVID-19 pandemic could last one or two more years, and conduct vaccination in parallel with testing to control the pandemic and mitigate its economic loss.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has decided to stop the remaining matches of the ongoing V-League 2021 – the No.1 football tournament in Vietnam – due to the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boerse-online.de – a German securities news site, on January 30 ran an article highlighting the great potential of the Vietnamese market for foreign investment, saying that it is the time for investors to look to the Southeast Asian market.