Vietnam contributes $100,000 to Japan’s flood relief efforts
Downpours across western Japan in early July triggered floods and landslides that killed more than 200 people
Kindness in wake of disastrous floods in northern Vietnam
Serious floods and landslides killed 23 people and left ten others missing in Lai Chau and Ha Giang Provinces in late June
Hanoi prepares for potential catastrophes caused by Chinese nuclear plants
The city is already preparing for other large-scale disasters
Vietnam ministry to monitor 28 ‘environmental risky’ projects
A plan will be proposed to minimize the project’s risk of pollution and further environmental disasters
World Bank provides US$118 million for post-disaster reconstruction in central Vietnam
The assistance will be given to Ha Tinh, Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, and Ninh Thuan Provinces
Aftershocks still rattle east Japan four years after megaquake
Four years after a magnitude 9 earthquake shook northern and eastern Japan, the region is rocked by tremors at more than double the average rate of the decade before the disaster