Transport Minister Nguyễn Văn Thể has asked road agencies to list damaged sections and solutions to subsidence on National Highway No 1.

Typhoon Sơn Tinh – the third typhoon to hit the East Sea this year – was forecast to make landfall in provinces from Thái Bình to Quảng Bình last night with wind speeds near its eye reaching 74km per hour.

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

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government plan to upgrade runways at Nội Bài and Tân Sơn Nhất airports, the nation’s two largest and busiest airports, which would cost around VND4.2 trillion (US$184 million).

Among the many jobs to which millions of people aspire – doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur – music instrument repairer is not likely on the list. And in Việt Nam, where jazz music is a niche passion, Nguyễn Khang, a saxophone repairer, dubbed “Dr Sax”, in HCM city, is in a class of his own.

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

Many important national highways and provincial roads across several northern provinces have been repaired and are now resuming operations after the localities were seriously hit by flash floods and landslides several days ago. 

Flood recovery work is underway in the northern provinces of Lai Châu, Hà Giang, Lào Cai and Điện Biên after days of torrential rain claimed lives and destroyed property.

As of Monday evening, floods and landslides in the northern mountainous provinces had killed 14 people and left 11 others missing.

Hà Nội has been entering the peak of summer, causing an increased demand for water. But at present, thousands of citizens in apartment buildings are facing water shortages, lasting for days at a time.