Deutsche Post DHL Group and UNDP join hands for resilient local airports Deutsche Post DHL Group and UNDP join hands for resilient local airports

Typhoon Matmo injures 6, collapses hundreds of houses

At least six people were injured and hundreds of houses were destroyed as Typhoon Matmo barrelled across central and south central provinces from Quảng Ngãi to Khánh Hoà on Wednesday.

Cần Thơ looks for foreign support to economic development, urban management The Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ hopes to receive support from foreign organisations to help them develop.

Cà Mau Province takes steps to prevent erosion The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has begun inspections of erosion sites on riverbanks and coastal sites in Cà Mau Province.

12 drown in India in religious ceremony Twelve people drowned in a lake in central India on Friday morning when their boats capsized during a religious ceremony, authorities said.

Hà Nội authorities asked to deal with Rạng Đông fire issues

The Office of the National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue has sent an urgent dispatch to authorities in Hà Nội to co-ordinate with relevant agencies to quickly handle environmental issues after the fire at Rạng Đông Light Sources and Vacuum Flask JSC, said Lê Mạnh Tiến, deputy chief of the office.

Việt Nam needs more active prevention of natural disasters instead of passive response Trần Quang Hoài, general director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s General Department of Disaster Prevention and Control and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper about the importance of active prevention in dealing with increasingly extreme weather.

Anti-erosion infrastructure must be upgraded before rainy season: deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp has urged localities nationwide to step up the construction and repair of structures designed to prevent erosion along river banks and coastal areas before the rainy season in order to minimise losses caused by natural disasters.

ASEAN humanitarian assistance centre and Deutsche Post DHL Group to collaborate on disaster management and recovery ASEAN humanitarian assistance centre and Deutsche Post DHL Group to collaborate on disaster management and recovery

PM urges natural disaster risk management and prevention Localities, sectors and people nationwide have been urged to respond to natural disasters in a more active, prompt and effective manner.