Two died, 15 houses were damaged and hundreds of hectares of rice flooded yesterday due to typhoon Son Tinh in the central provinces of Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An and Thanh Hóa.

Torrential rains with thunderstorms are predicted to blanket Hà Nội and northern mountainous provinces for the next few days.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Minister of Agriculture, speaks to Nông thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper on the importance of good preparations to minimise the negative impacts of natural disasters

Due to natural disasters in the first six months of 2018, seventy-five people have been killed or remain unaccounted for, while 48 others suffered injuries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) will apply knowledge management (KM) in the daily work of officials and civil servants in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the diplomatic sector, said Deputy Ministry of Foreign Affair Lê Hoài Trung.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society yesterday received emergency aid from both domestic and foreign individuals and organisations to help households affected by the recent floods in the northern part of the country.

Nguyễn Xuân Cường, deputy director of the DRVN and Professor Vũ Cao Minh, former director of the Institute of Geology talks about effective measures to cope with natural calamities

Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator and Vice Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group at the 6th Global Environment Facility spoke to Việt Nam News about the event and the future of global co-operation on climate change

Việt Nam should improve the country’s institutions and legal documents to enhance efficiency in natural disaster prevention and control, said Hoàng Văn Thắng, deputy minister of agriculture and rural development.

The 6th Global Environment Facility (GEF-6) closed in the central city yesterday with nearly 30 countries pledging to create a US$4.1 billion fund to protect the future of the planet and human well-being.