Super typhoon Yagi weakens to tropical depression: Heavy rain, flooding, landslides expected
With potential flooding and landslides, affected localities are asked to report emergency damage assessment and recovery efforts.
With potential flooding and landslides, affected localities are asked to report emergency damage assessment and recovery efforts.
An addition of VND4.54 trillion (US$196.5 million) was mobilized to help mitigate impacts from natural disasters, flooding and African swine fever.
Close attention should be on the capacity of the Vietnamese economy to firm up its recovery from the coronavirus crisis, noted the World Bank.
ADB’s grant will augment the wider government response to deliver immediate, life-saving assistance to people who need it the most.
As Covid-19 remains unpredictable globally, it would be a “big mistake” if Vietnam relaxes the vigilance against the pandemic, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
Major cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City should set an example in economic recovery efforts, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
Each year, an average of US$852 million – or 0.5% of GDP – and 316,000 jobs in key economic sectors are at risk from riverine and coastal flooding.
The impact of the water discharge would not be too significant, according to the National Steering Committee of Natural Disaster Prevention.