Tag: flooding
Climate resilience scheme for urban areas approved
The Prime Minister has approved a scheme for climate resilience development in urban areas in the next 10 years.
Vietnam to have national water resource monitoring system by 2030
Vietnam has set a goal of building and maintaining a national water resource monitoring system and another system to forecast flooding, drought, saltwater intrusion and rising sea water level by 2030.
Decade-long master plan to tackle climate change gets go-ahead
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently granted approval to a master plan aimed at developing Vietnamese cities towards the year 2030 in response to climate change challenges.
ADB helps build resilient houses for disaster-hit families in Quang Tri
Construction of 106 houses in natural disaster-hit areas worth VND14.3 billion (US$615,000) began in the central province of Quang Tri on March 5, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
USAID grants VND12.3 billion to homes hit by floods in Quang Ngai province
VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided a sum of VND12.3 billion to 465 households in Nghia Hanh district of Quang Ngai province in order to contribute to repair work and to reinforce local houses that were damaged by typhoons and flooding last year.
RoK aids Quang Tri in alleviating flooding aftermath
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has offered the central province of Quang Tri over VND6.9 billion (over US$300,000) in non-refundable aid to help it handle the damage caused by consecutive storms and flooding in October last year.
UNDP campaign helps build flood-resilient houses in central Vietnam
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dan Tri newspaper, and the Vietnam Fund for Promoting Education on February 5 officially launched a crowdfunding campaign entitled “Safe Houses Save Lives” with the aim of building 100 new storm- and flood-resilient houses for poor and near-poor families in the coastal province of Quang Binh.
American veterans deliver flood relief to Vietnam
More than 110 Americans have donated more than US$28,000 so far in a charity campaign organised by Ronald L. Haeberle, whose photographs of the My Lai Massacre turned American public opinion against the war.
Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year
The nation records from 10-15 flash floods each year, mostly in the northern mountainous, central, Central Highlands and southeastern regions, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Vu Duc Long said on January 15.
Indian Government sends aid to flood victims in central Vietnam
The Indian Government has sent 3,000 sets of personal goods to people affected by floods in the central region of Vietnam.
