Viet Nam: Flood tide to rise highly in Saigon during Christmas
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamThe Hydrometeorological Forecast Station of the Southern Region--forecast that the year-end flood tide will happen from December 21-28.The highest water...
View ArticleThailand: Asia Pacific Region Faces Rising Costs From Storms, Disasters
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: Cambodia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Philippines, Thailand, Viet NamRon Corben | Bangkok Climate and disaster risk experts say the Asia Pacific...
View ArticleCambodia: Rethinking aid when governments don’t ask for help - humanitarian...
Source: AlertNetCountry: Cambodia, Thailand, Viet NamBANGKOK (AlertNet) – Unusually heavy rains unleashed devastating floods in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam this year, disrupting the lives of some 15...
View ArticleViet Nam: Ca Mau Province in the South has been hit by severe flood tides for...
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamSea levels were reported to have been twice as high as last year. This has been put down to climate change.Tran Van Thoi District's Song Doc Town was...
View ArticlePhilippines: Humanitarian Funding Update for Asia Pacific - Fourth Quarter 2011
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic...
View ArticleViet Nam: German Red Cross grants EUR400,000 in aid to Mekong River Delta
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet Nam(18/01/2012 11:09:05) On January 9, the Viet Nam Red Cross, in co-ordination with the German Red Cross (GRC), announced a EUR400,000 project to assist...
View ArticleViet Nam: Mekong Delta reels under repeated disasters
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamKnown as the nation's rice basket, blessed with fertile soil and favorable climatic conditions, the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been at the forefront of...
View ArticlePhilippines: Asian Nations Spending to Reduce Costs of Disastrous Floods
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: Cambodia, China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Viet NamThe rising cost of floods in Asia is forcing governments to increase spending on water management plans aimed at...
View ArticleViet Nam: HCMC faces obstacles in tackling floods
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamHo Chi Minh City has for years spent hundreds of billions of dong to tackle flooding, but problems like delayed site clearance and lack of capital have...
View ArticleViet Nam: GIEWS Country Briefs: Viet Nam 15-February-2012
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: Viet NamFOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT2011 paddy rice production estimated to reach record level at 42 million tonnesHigh level of rice exports expected to...
View ArticleCambodia: Flood Response Helps Thousands of Survivors in Vietnam and Cambodia
Source: AmeriCaresCountry: Cambodia, Viet NamMedical and food aid fills crucial gap for vulnerable children and adults in crisis Throughout the fall of 2011, the worst flooding in half a century left...
View ArticleViet Nam: More aid for Dong Thap flood victims
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamDonations of goods and cash worth a total of 3.5 billion VND have been presented to over 4,800 poor households in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap...
View ArticlePhilippines: EU humanitarian assistance to South East Asia continues long...
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Philippines, Viet Nam, WorldBrussels, 12 March 2012 The European Commission has...
View ArticleViet Nam: Japan help upgrade flood-hit Mekong delta
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Japan, Viet NamJapan will provide Vietnam with non-refundable assistance worth 600 million JPY (7.2 million USD) to rehabilitate public infrastructure damaged by...
View ArticleViet Nam: Care International helps flood victims in An Giang province
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamCare International in Vietnam has made many practical contributions to assisting 5,000 households affected by floods in An Giang, the provincial committee...
View ArticleViet Nam: HCM City to fix 10 flood-prone areas
Source: Government of Viet NamCountry: Viet NamHCM City's authorities plan to take steps to prevent flooding in 10 of 21 sites in the city that are particularly prone to heavy flooding during the rainy...
View ArticleViet Nam: Recovering from Floods in Vietnam
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: Viet Namby Thomas WhitworthLate last year the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam was hit by its worst floods in ten years.The frequency and severity of flooding in the...
View ArticleViet Nam: GIEWS Country Briefs: Viet Nam 31-July-2012
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: Viet NamFOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT2012 paddy rice production forecast marginally above the record level of 2011High level of rice exports expected to...
View ArticleViet Nam: Shelter repair in the Mekong Delta
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: Viet Namby Thomas WhitworthSave the Children is supporting the repair and strengthening of homes damaged by the 2011 floods in Dong Thap province.This shelter...
View ArticleViet Nam: Coping with climate change in the Mekong Delta
Source: Australian Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Viet NamAusAID support for a multi-country Red Cross project team is helping vulnerable families in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region build...
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