Viet Nam: Floods - Oct 2005 Updates

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background People of the Asia-Pacific...

1. INTRODUCTION The flooding of the Mekong River is a recurrent event. Every year the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) experiences flooding, which has the potential to adversely affect economic and human...

On December 25, 2005, in Hanoi, a Donation Ceremony was held by Vietnam Red Cross to receive an amount of VND 50 millions from Korean Residents Association, Hanoi assisting victims of the floods in...

Spawned by unrelenting rains, some of the most severe floods in decades have killed at least 130 people in peninsular South-East Asia, according to the latest reports on Thursday. Three weeks of...

HANOI, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Floods have killed six more people in Vietnam's Central Highlands coffee belt, taking the death toll in the central region to 60 over the last 10 days, but officials said on...

Weeks of heavy rains in parts of Southeast Asia have left more than 70 people dead. In central Vietnam, at least 45 people have been killed since early December in floods sparked by torrential rains. ...

Hanoi (dpa) - Traffic was backed up for up to 30 kilometres Monday in central Vietnam as landslides cut off two sections of the country's main highway, following a week of torrential rain that left...

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are a...

Hanoi (dpa) - Floods that have killed at least 30 people in central Vietnam have caused an estimated 9.2 million dollars in damages from homes lost to landslides and destroyed crops, the national...

At the launching event of new product of Mekong Auto Company, Pronto multi-functioning car to be held o=ADn October 8th, 2005 in Hanoi, Mekong Auto Company donated VND 300 millions to people affected...

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Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2005/0190 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Viet Nam - Floods This situation report is based on the information received from the United Nations Resident Coordinator's office in Hanoi, OCHA...

Facing with the severe damage & lost caused by flood happened recently in provinces in the Central of Vietnam, on October 10th, 2005, Vietnam Red Cross NHQs has decided to provide emergency relief of...