Great national solidarity significant for Việt Nam to overcome difficulties: NA leader

 Việt Nam is facing new and greater difficulties and challenges, requiring the country to promote the tradition of great national solidarity to overcome this tough time, stated National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ at the opening of the 15th NA’s second session in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Gov’t sets growth target of at least 6 per cent in 2022

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has presented to the National Assembly a draft socio-economic development plan for 2022 which aims for a GDP growth of at about 6-6.5 per cent in 2022.

Central and highlands localities work to recover from floods The Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has asked provinces and cities to continue monitoring weather forecasts and keep local authorities and people up-to-date to prevent and minimise damage due to natural disasters.

Heavy rains, floods leave four dead and missing

Three people died, four were injured and one went missing after torrential rains swept through northern and central provinces as of 5pm on October 17, according to the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Early warning system to prevent flooding

Flooding causes great losses of life and properties in Vietnam every year. Now an automatic early warning system is being piloted in central Da Nang city to help people better prepare. Able to operate in harsh conditions, the system is hoped to provide a sustainable solution against the natural disaster.

Torrential rain to hit the northern, central region from Wednesday

Torrential rain, triggered by typhoon Kompasu, will blanket the northern and central regions from Wednesday afternoon. 

Typhoon Kompasu quickly heading towards East Sea, causing heavy rain for northern, central regions Typhoon Kompasu, with wind speeds reaching 100km per hour at its eye, is gaining more strength as it heads into the East Sea.

Measures in place to deal with serious storms Experts discussed measures to cope with current bad weather during a conference on Sunday as heavy rain battered the northeast and another storm was forecast to enter the East Sea.

Approaching storm brings heavy rain to north and north central provinces Heavy rain is expected to blanket northern and north-central provinces from Saturday to Tuesday due to storm Lionrock – the seventh storm that has entered the East Sea this year, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

North and central regions hit by more heavy rains and flooding

Strong rains continued to affect the region on Monday.