Alongside urbanisation, flooding in cities of Vietnam, a country highly vulnerable to climate change, is getting complicated and needs concerted solutions, according to experts.
VOV.VN - Lowland areas throughout the central province of Thua Thien-Hue were left flooded on December 6 following a period of heavy rainfall earlier in the week coupled with the release of water by local reservoirs.
VOV.VN - Heavy rains over the past few days have caused familiar scenes of floods, severely disrupting daily life in the southcentral coast province of Binh Dinh.
The Directorate of Water Resources has asked Mekong Delta localities to take preventative measures to mitigate the impact of high tides coming at the end of this month.
VOV.VN - Tropical storm Nalgae, the sixth of its kind to hit the East Sea this year, has changed its course, and is forecast to gather strength when it is swirling across Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.
VOV.VN - With water levels rising to 2.16 metres on the Hau river, a Mekong tributary, downtown Can Tho city was left completely flooded on October 27.
VOV.VN - Many streets and areas throughout central Da Nang were submerged following a deluge of rain on October 25, causing traffic chaos and disrupting the daily life of local residents.
VOV.VN - Flooding lasting for around four days has inundated many roads along Ho Chi Minh City’s various rivers and canals, such as Huynh Tan Phat, Nguyen Thi Thap and Tran Xuan Soan, causing plenty of difficulties for local residents in their daily lives.
VOV.VN - Educational geography website World Atlas has named Ho Chi Minh City among nine cities which could be underwater by 2030 due to the continued impact of global warming, including intensifying disasters.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has called on individuals and organisations at home and abroad to support central provinces hit by recent storms and flooding.