Ho Chi Minh City streets under nearly a meter of water after heavy rain
Prolonged heavy rain inundated several areas of Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening, with floodwaters reaching nearly a meter deep in some locations, submerging homes and paralyzing traffic.
Ho Chi Minh City residents face record high electricity bills amid intense heatwave
Residents of Ho Chi Minh City and other southern provinces are bracing for a surge in their electricity bills as the hot season approaches its peak.
Frost covers Vietnam’s highest peak for nearly a week
Thick layers of frost have covered everything on the summit of Fansipan, Vietnam’s highest peak, in northern Sa Pa Town over the past six days due to chilling weather in the ongoing winter.
Vietnam’s typhoon Yagi death toll passes 260, scores still missing
The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 262 on Saturday, authorities said, as flood waters receded and search efforts pressed on.
Vietnam’s death toll from typhoon rises to 233
The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam has climbed to 233 as rescue workers recover more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods.
Floods, landslides hit Vietnam as typhoon toll hits 197
Several Hanoi districts have been inundated on Thursday as floods and landslides continued to affect areas in northern Vietnam with the death toll from Typhoon Yagi climbing to 197.
Typhoon Yagi : more than 140 dead in Vietnam as flood waters threaten central Hanoi
Residents of capital evacuated and school students told to stay at home while entire village reportedly buried by landslide in northern Vietnam.
Floods inundate north Vietnam as typhoon toll climbs
Severe floods are expected to inundate parts of Vietnam’s north, including the capital Hanoi as the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia so far in 2024, continues to extract a deadly toll.
Bridge collapses in Vietnam as typhoon kills 35
Typhoon Yagi has left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and widespread damage as it churns westwards, and the weather agency is warning of more floods and landslides.
Super typhoon Yagi kills four in Vietnam
Super Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm in Asia this year, has killed at least four people after making landfall in northern Vietnam.
Typhoon Yagi aims at northern Vietnam with 166 kph winds
Typhoon Yagi, packing winds of 166 km per hour, is moving at a speed of about 15-20 kph and forecast to reach mainland Quang Ninh and Hai Phong in northern Vietnam Saturday afternoon.
Yagi becomes strongest typhoon in South China Sea in 30 years
Super typhoon Yagi has been identified as the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in the past three decades, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Companies welcome common standards as Vietnam prepares CO2 rules
Coca-Cola, UOB say state policies are needed to protect environment
Vietnam temperature records tumble as heatwave scorches
More than 100 temperature records fell across Vietnam in April, according to official data, as a deadly heatwave scorches South and Southeast Asia.
HCMC ‘too hot’, foreign tourists complain
Many tourists traveling to Ho Chi Minh City during the Reunification Day and Labor Day holidays said the city was « too hot » and they were « melting » under the strong heat.
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province, with locals and media reports suggesting a brutal heatwave and the lake’s management are to blame.
Saigonese suffer longest heat wave in 30 years
Residents of Ho Chi Minh City are enduring the longest heat wave in nearly 30 years, though temperatures have not yet reached historical highs.
Reservoir discharge to ease Mekong Delta drought
Around 7 million m3 of water from Dau Tieng Reservoir will be discharged into the Vam Co Dong River to alleviate salt intrusion, as water shortages affect over 20,000 lives in the Mekong Delta’s Long An province.
In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded.
Second Vietnam province declares state of emergency over drought
Vietnam’s southernmost province Ca Mau has announced an emergency drought situation in Tran Van Thoi and U Minh districts to immediately deploy response measures.
Temperatures reach 41 C in northern Vietnam as summer arrives a month early
The summer heat has arrived in northern Vietnam a month earlier than usual, with temperatures soaring to 41 degrees Celsius in some places.
Southern Vietnam suffers year’s hottest heat wave so far
Southern Vietnam is going through the hottest heat wave seen this year due to abnormal weather patterns, driving temperatures up to 38.5 degrees Celsius.
Where are storms most frequent in Vietnam ?
Da Nang City in central Vietnam has been struck by the highest number of storms in the country over the past 70 years, according to the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC).
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta ‘rice bowl’ cracks in monster February heatwave
Southern Vietnam’s hot weather peaks in April or May, with temperatures around 39 degrees Celsius, but February saw ‘abnormal’ highs of 38 degrees. More than 80 canals have dried up in one district of Ca Mau province, where agricultural production…
Vietnam’s climate solutions are decimating the Mekong delta
Shrimp farming along the Mekong may be an economic win in the short term, but it is ultimately unsustainable.
El Nino intensifies cold spell in northern Vietnam
The ongoing cold that northern Vietnam is experiencing is a winter weather pattern that usually occurs during years with El Nino phenomenon, an expert said.