Tag: natural disasters
Rescue efforts underway after typhoon Molave dissipates
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and a working group of the front steering committee visited Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province to give assessment of damage caused by typhoon Molave as soon as it dissipated on October 28 afternoon.
OVs support flood-hit people in central region
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy and Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Malaysia have raised a total of VND600 million in an effort to support individuals affected by the recent historic flooding that has hit the central region.
Emergency evacuation of over 571,740 people in response to typhoon Molave
VOV.VN - Provinces throughout the central region have urgently evacuated 146,866 households and 571,746 people in an effort to protect locals from the impact of Typhoon Molave which is moving rapidly towards central Vietnam.
Vietnam thanks int'l organisations for disaster relief
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on October 26 received representatives from UN agencies and international organisations that have supported flood victims in the central region.
1.2 million to flee as typhoon Molave nears
VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to evacuate approximately 1.2 million people if typhoon Molave forecast to make landfall on October 28 sustains its speed, suggested the General Department of on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control.
Funeral held for 22 landslide victims in central Vietnam
VOV.VN - Thousands of people on October 22 paid tribute to 22 military officers and soldiers who died in a landslide in Quang Tri province, central Vietnam, several days ago.
ASEAN offers aid to flood-hit central provinces
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) has sent aid to the two Vietnamese provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri hit by flooding that has caused loss of life and property.
Storm Saudel gains strength, bringing rain to all localities
VOV.VN - Saudel, the eight storm of this year, is moving west at a speed of 10-15 km per hour, around 770 km to the east-southeast of Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and is forecast to gain strength and bring rain to all localities across the country in the coming days.
Vietnamese in Czech, Poland raise fund to help flood victims
The Vietnamese people community in the Czech Republic on October 19 held a ceremony to raise fund for flood victims back in Vietnam’s central region.
Central Vietnam floods, landslides leave 84 dead, 38 missing
VOV.VN - Flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the central region have claimed 84 lives and left 38 others missing, according to Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
