Hit by drought and land degradation, Vietnam has been taking strong actions to enforce the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to join global efforts against these global phenomena.

Heavy rain and strong winds wreaked havoc in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi, causing numerous trees to fall and damaging several vehicles.

Ha Giang Province’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has asked travel agencies to halt all tourism activities that ’can be unsafe for tourists,’ even change itinerary if needed.

Ha Giang province grapples with the aftermath of an unprecedented flood, labeled the most severe in three decades, as heavy rains, landslides, and flooding wreak havoc on June 9-10.

Heavy rainfall inundated Ha Giang province, resulting in flash floods that severed access to the main thoroughfare leading to Nho Que River.

Luckily the boats in the waterspout’s path were empty at the time.

A local resident was killed by lightning and over 1,200 houses were unroofed after thunderstorms slammed into the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Bac Kan, and Tuyen Quang from April 30 to May 1.

Local authorities have set up response teams around the clock and guide people to reinforce their homes to minimise the damage.

Types of natural disasters covered by the report include earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones, coastal floods, riverine floods, droughts and rises in sea levels.

More than 1,100 natural disasters have taken place across Vietnam this year, heard a conference held by the office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Hanoi on December 22.

Floods, landslides, and other natural disasters are common occurrences in Vietnam, often characterised by their rapid and localised impacts.

The downpours are expected to continue to next week.

Nghe Tinh Railway JSC. yesterday announced a serious landslide incident on the North-South Railway route passing Ha Tinh Province at 3:00 am due to heavy rain.

Heavy rain over the past two days have triggered landslides in the central province of Ha Tinh, disrupting travel on the North-South rail route running across the locality.

In recent days, showers to downpours have battered provinces in the central region causing many roads to be cut off and many river banks and mountain areas are likely at risk of landslides. The region must cope with natural disasters.

The Department of Education and Training of Da Nang City this afternoon announced that kindergartens and all schools would allow their students to stay at home on October 16 amid nonstop downpours.

Vietnam saw a total of 930,000 children having to leave their homes in the six-year period between 2016 and 2021 due to extreme weather phenomena such as floods, storms and drought, according to UNICEF's latest report.

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.

Heavy rains overnight in the Mekong Delta left some provinces under water.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Morocco has not received any information regarding Vietnamese casualties in the earthquake that seriously hit many cities in the African country on September 8, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.