VietNamNet Bridge - Not only urban areas in the lowlands but cities in highlands have suffered from heavy floods which have caused heavy damages and fatalities. 

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City, Hanoi and residents in other urban areas are now faced with frequent flooding, a result of people not living in harmony with nature, scientists say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sixty percent of canals and irrigation ditches in HCM City have been filled in to make room for multi-story buildings, which has contributed to flooding.

VietNamNet Bridge - The continued water discharge by hydropower plants in China in recent days has caused flooding in the Red River section in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province.

 Fifteen people died and another seven were missing in torrential rain that lasted for three days in northern Quang Ninh province.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Huong Dien hydropower plant unexpectedly discharged water on March 27, flooding a large area located below the plant, and damaging crops.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Committee on Large Dams and Water Resources Development (VNCOLD) has suggested several solutions to ensure water resource security for the Red River’s lower course.

Placing remote sensing technology in river basins gave early forecasts to residents, helping to minimise flood related losses, experts said in Ha Noi yesterday.

Due to colder air, the waters from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau will be subjected to a strong northeast wind and the tide in downstream Saigon - Dong Nai river will continue to rise over the next few days.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City was seriously flooded by a heavy rain that lasted more than half an hour on the evening of August 18. Experts say that flooding is getting worse in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many legal documents and instructions on the standard process of operating hydropower water reservoirs have been released, but these represent no assurance to the people who live in the lowlands.

At least six people were confirmed dead and three others remain missing after typhoon Rammasun hit northern mountainous localities on July 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City is rated as one of the 10 cities worldwide that are most severely affected from climate change, and in Vietnam, it is only the Mekong Delta in terms of suffering from climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year, 14 storms and five tropical depressions affected Vietnam, reaching the highest number of storms and tropical depressions on the East Sea in history.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has received the request for food aid during the Lunar New Year 2014 and the pre-harvest season from 11 provinces. The government has decided to provide 20,000 tons of rice to them.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the evening of December 4, a 16m piece of the dike in Thu Duc District, HCM City was broken when the flood tide was surging. Water overflowed into hundreds of houses in the area.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The latest forecast of the authorities says that the flood-tide in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5 will reach 1.68m, the same with the historical peak last month. Thus, the city will be inundated.