Vietnam experienced unprecedentedly severe natural disasters in 2017, resulting in 386 people dead and missing and some VND 60 trillion (US$2.6 billion) worth of damage
A tropical pressure in the East Sea has developed into a storm, and is set to be the first storm to hit Vietnam this year.
An IT engineer in central Vietnam is demonstrating the value of hydroculture as an effective way to build climate change resilience in the storm-prone region.
Storm Damrey landed in central localities in early November, causing serious flooding and damage. At present, people and forces are actively overcoming the consequences.
UNICEF is deploying experts to join the team led by the National and Provincial Disaster Management Authority to assess the situation of children in remote communes in Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen provinces of Viet Nam where Typhoon Damrey made a deadly landfall on November 4th 2017.
Torrential rains and strong winds triggered by storm Damrey have so far left six dead, six injured, and five missing in central and south-central provinces, said local officials.
On September 14, 2017, the Government promulgates the Decree No. 104/2017/ND-CP introduces penalties for administrative violations against regulations on disaster preparedness, operation and protection of hydraulic structures and flood control systems.
Some 40 sets of canvases, 47 water purifiers, and 5,025 blankets (all brand new ones) from the Japanese Government’s emergency relief aid for flood-hit victims in Yen Bai and Hoa Binh provinces landed at the Noi Bai International Airport at 14h00 on October 20th