VOV.VN - The north-eastern city of Ha Long (Vietnam) will play host to the 11th Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) from October 8 – 13, a press conference heard on October 6.

VOV.VN - The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has requested that localities actively respond to the impending arrival of Typhoon Saola, the third to enter the East Sea this year, during the National Day holiday on September 2.

A charity walk for Agent Orange/dioxin victims was held at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12, with 5,000 people taking part.

The Pacific Partnership has returned to Tuy Hoa city in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen on August 9 to commence the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

A charity walk to support victims of Agent Orange/dioxin is scheduled to take place at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12.

VOV.VN - The Central Highland province Dak Nong on August 8 declared a state of emergency to support recovery efforts for public works heavily damaged or badly impacted by the recent torrential rain and flooding.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,753 natural disasters hit Vietnam during the first seven months of the year, leaving 267 dead, 78 missing, and 291 injured, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on August 7.

VOV.VN - Prolonged heavy rain in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau over the past few days has triggered landslides in Than Uyen district, killing four locals and injuring three others.

VOV.VN - The government held a regular monthly meeting for July in Hanoi on August 5 to review national socio-economic performance in July and outline orientations for August and beyond, with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in the chair.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son shared his view on the urgency of enhancing the role of ASEAN-led mechanisms, such as the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), during a retreat held on July 12 in Jakarta as part of the ongoing 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) and related meetings.