Phú Yên calls for WB’s support in infrastructure, economic development

The central province of Phú Yên has called for the World Bank’s provision of official development assistance (ODA) to support the implementation of four projects with a total investment of about US$70 million.

Localities brace for storm and cold spells The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has urged authorities of coastal localities from Quảng Ninh to Khánh Hòa to proactively brace for storm Kalmaegi and cold spells.

Storm Nakri weakens to tropical depression Storm Nakri has been downgraded to a tropical depression after it approached shores between central provinces of Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa on Sunday night, but rain is forecast to continue hitting the central region and Central Highlands for the next couple of days.

Central provinces relocate residents in response to typhoon Local authorities in the central provinces of Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa are planning to more more than 181,000 people from risk-prone areas in response to Typhoon Nakri, which is forecast to be the strongest so far this year in the East Sea.

Localities told to prepare for storm Deputy PM Dũng asked the steering committee and localities to manage ships on seas and keep in contact with them to guide them to shelter when necessary.

Powerful typhoon to make landfall in south-central region Typhoon Nakri, the sixth tropical storm forecast to hit Việt Nam this year, is likely to bring heavy rain to central and south-central regions.

Forum discusses new financial approach for disaster prevention and response Disaster prevention and response activities in Việt Nam have focused on preventative support and building safe communities with the application of new approaches using science and technology.

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.

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.

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.