Việt Nam News

The city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on September 20 co-organised a technical workshop on promoting sustainable solutions for waste collection on rivers and canals.

As of late yesterday, in Hà Tĩnh, some rural roads in the districts of Hương Khê and Vũ Quang remained flooded. In Quảng Bình, 1,150 households were still underwater, and 38 villages remained isolated.

A series of action plans in green transitions and low carbon emissions and energy efficiency have been built as key solutions at provinces and cites in boosting the National Energy Efficiency Programme 2019-30, with an aim of saving from eight to ten per cent of total national energy consumption.

The National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting reported that, after hitting Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị provinces, Storm Soulik weakened but still left areas vulnerable to flash floods and landslides.

The typhoon serves as a powerful reminder of the necessity for a comprehensive, long-term approach to disaster management.

Nuclear energy could supplement the country's energy base and minimise environmental risks, with the Government asking for a report to be submitted to the Politburo.

According to the UNDP in Việt Nam, in the past three years, the automatic waste collection system on the Cần Thơ River has collected more than 200 tonnes of plastic waste on the river.

The estimated volume of discharged waste mud is around 1,000–1,500 cubic metres.

The railway sector sustained significant damage to equipment, infrastructure and services due to Typhoon Yagi which affected the northern provinces.

There were many shortcomings in the response to Typhoon Yagi, as warnings of damage risks due to storms and floods were not specific enough, resulting in negligent behaviour.

The majority of the death toll is in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, with 124 dead and 26 missing people. Most is from the fatal flash flood that wiped out part of a village with 128 residents, killing 81 people.

It is expected to strengthen into a storm by Wednesday as it heads towards the northern East Sea, about 420km east of the Hoàng Sa (Paracel Islands).

Funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the projects worth more than US$2 million in total, will be implemented by Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) and the Centre for Nature Conservation and Development (CCD).

Việt Nam played its part since the Montreal Protocol's ratification in 1994 and contributed to the Protocol's success with a strong, unfaltering commitment throughout the last 30 years, Megumi Seki, Executive Secretary for the Ozone Secretariat said.

Due to the impact of Yagi, the amount of garbage in Hạ Long Bay is relatively large and complicated, including broken pieces of aquaculture rafts, branches, leaves, foam beads from broken plastic oyster buoys (HDPE), household waste, and sunken ships.

This photo essay covers the bravery of the people who worked tirelessly during the storm to protect the lives of the people in places where the typhoon and the floods that followed ravaged.

Lào Cai is the hardest-hit province with an additional two casualties recorded, bringing the total to 179.

In particular, the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai reported the highest number of deaths/missing with a total of 155 people (53 dead, 102 missing).