Floods following downpours, along with gale and lightning, killed four and caused heavy losses in many central localities from October 14 to 16, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

As a country highly exposed to droughts, floods and landslides, Vietnam needs more active prevention instead of just a passive response.

Authorities and people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are working to overcome consequences of heavy downpours and floods from July 24 night.

As of May 29, floods, whirlwinds, and landslides in Vietnam’s northern region killed two people and injured two others, while causing heavy property losses.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has allowed Hanoi to build houses on 20 riverbanks, but experts have warned about the risks of doing so.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictably rising water levels, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, while causing heavy losses to property, 

 Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the past days had left six dead, five missing and two injured in the northern mountainous region by 17:00 on August 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province has halted all caving activities due to unexpected floods.

 Water companies are still not doing enough to protect streams and rivers, the Environment Agency reports.

 Up to 22 people had died and nine others gone missing due to flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in northern mountainous provinces by 18:00 on June 27.

 Flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the past days had left 19 dead, 11 missing and 12 injured in the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang by 16:00 on June 26.

 The number of casualties in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau caused by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains on June 23 and 24 continued to rise, local officials said.

HCMC residents were reassured that they would not see floods again after multi-billion dong anti-flood works became operational. But floods have become even more serious.

The central coastal region is facing more and more landslides, with many villages in danger of disappearing, though hundreds of billions of dong from the state budget have been used to save them. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – High tides have exceeded warning level three of six, submerging HCM City streets and causing terrible traffic congestion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inundation in lowland areas in central Thua Thien-Hue Province continued on Thursday as floodwater from two floods that occurred earlier this week was receding very slowly

Mekong Delta, the rice granary of Vietnam, is facing three big challenges due to the impact of climate change, unsustainable development and hydropower plants on the Mekong River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods in early August in northern Viet Nam killed 27 people and washed away hundreds of homes, causing damage estimated at more than US$43 million.

 Provinces and cities in northern Vietnam have been requested to prepare to deal with flood and landslides in the region.