Showers to hit HN and northern provinces Tuesday afternoon

Showers, with rainfall of up to 100mm, are forecast to hit Hà Nội and other northern provinces on Tuesday afternoon, ending the prolonged heat wave in the region.

Death toll from torrential Brazil storms rises to 44: officials The death toll from days of intense storms and flooding in southeastern Brazil has risen to 44, authorities said on Sunday.

Typhoon Matmo injures 14, leaving 1 missing Fourteen people have been reported injured and one person is missing after Typhoon Matmo churned through the central and south central provinces from Quảng Ngãi to Khánh Hoà on Wednesday.

Tropical depression turns into storm A tropical low-pressure system has been upgraded to a typhoon. Matmo, the fifth storm this year, was bearing down on the northern part of Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago at 7pm yesterday, about 500km east of the provinces of Bình Định and Ninh Thuận.

Heavy rains force students to stay home from school

Prolonged rains have flooded many streets in Vinh City and caused traffic chaos.

PM approves rice aid for flood-hit residents Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has announced 2,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as food aid for residents in the central provinces of Quảng Bình and Hà Tĩnh who suffered serious flooding.

Torrential rains leaves 6 dead, 10 missing

Torrential rains and flooding across central Việt Nam has killed six people while another 10 remain missing.

Time to work together: PM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked central localities and natural disaster prevention and response forces as well as the whole community to focus on overcoming consequences of recent flooding, and ensuring safety for students as the new academic year has started.

Torrential rains claim four lives, eight missing

At least four people have been killed and eight others remain missing in central localities after torrential rains brought by a tropical depression have stricken the region over the past few days.  

Typhoon Bailu forms near East Sea A typhoon, internationally named Bailu, with winds of up to 100km per hour, formed near the East Sea on Friday morning.