A man living in Viet Nam has been explaining how his community has learnt to adapt to and mitigate the effects of devastating flooding caused by tropical storms. Extreme weather between October and...
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5 considerations for adaptation to rising flood risks in urban regions
Many urban regions across the globe are confronted with increasing flood risks for people, infrastructures, livelihoods and ecosystems, resulting from rapid urbanization and changes in climate,...
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Over the tipping point: How multiple, overlapping climate and environmental shocks and hazards on children in the East Asia and Pacific region are eroding their coping strategies, exacerbating inequality, and forever changing their futures

Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding...
Vietnam: Floods - Final Report, Operation n° MDRVN020

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 6 October 2020, the central region of Viet Nam experienced prolonged, heavy rains that caused severe and widespread flooding and landslides in...
Handover of solar-powered storm-resilient houses to poor people on Ly Son Island
Ly Son, 28 December 2021 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Red Cross Society of Quang Ngai Province handed over ten solar-powered storm-resilient houses to poor households...
Handover of storm- and flood- resilient houses for 39 poor households in Le Thuy district
Quang Binh province, 17 December 2021 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Department of Planning and Investment (DPI) of Quang Binh province, and World Share handed over 39 newly...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook - Vietnam (December 2021)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vietnam is one of the most hazard-prone countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. With an extensive coastline of 3,260 kilometers (km), 2025.67 miles (mi) the country is regularly...
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Hong Kong Red Cross Annual Report 2020-2021

Established in 1950, the Hong Kong Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the world’s humanitarian network serving over 190 countries. We dedicate ourselves to...
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State of the Climate in Asia 2020

Geneva, 26 October 2021 (WMO) - Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 caused the loss of life of thousands of people, displaced millions of others and cost hundreds of...
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Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021

New UN University report: Disasters around the world are interconnected Bonn, Germany 8 September – A new report, Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021, was released today by United Nations...
Technical Report: Floods in Central Viet Nam

Authors: Andrea Ortiz Vargas and Zita Sebesvari 1. Event From the beginning of October to mid-November 2020, Central Viet Nam was hit by nine consecutive high magnitude storms and typhoons (DMPTC,...
Vietnam: Floods - Emergency appeal n° MDRVN020 Operation update n°4 (07 July 2021)

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster According to VNDMA, as of 21 December 2020, people had suffered heavy losses caused by natural disasters in 2020 including damage of people, shelters...
Vietnam: Floods - Operation Update Report – 6 Month Update, Emergency Appeal n° MDRVN020

Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: At the time of this Operational Update, the EA is under revision to reflect the findings from the detailed damage and needs assessment...
Vietnam: Floods - Revised Appeal n° MDRVN020

This revised Emergency Appeal seeks 2.3 million Swiss Francs, decreased from 3.9 million Swiss francs to enable the IFRC to support the Viet Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) to deliver emergency...
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations - Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/74–E/2021/54) [EN/AR]

General Assembly Seventy-sixth session Item 76 (a) of the preliminary list* Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special...
Over 26,000 poor and near-poor people affected by storms and floods in Central Viet Nam have been supported for stabilization
Quang Nam, 29 April 2021 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the People's Committees of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, and Quang Ngai provinces, and the Red Cross have...
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State of the Global Climate 2020

2021 is “make or break year” for Climate Action 2021 must be the year for climate action – “the make it or break it year,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of...
Vietnam - Flash floods (NCHMF, Floodlist, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 April 2021)
Heavy rain has been affecting northern Vietnam (in particular Lao Cai, Ha Giang and Yen Bai Provinces) since 16 April, causing flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. Media report,...
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Flash flood claims three lives in northern mountainous area
LÀO CAI — At least three people were killed in a flash flood that swept through Văn Bàn District, in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, over the weekend. The bodies of two people were...
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Crop Monitor for Early Warning | No. 59 – April 2021

Overview: In northern East Africa, there is some concern for Belg crops in Ethiopia due to dry conditions. In the south, planting and development of main season Long Rains cereals is underway under...