VietNamNet Bridge - Relocating 26,000 households and clearing the slums along canals is one of the seven key projects of the HCM City gentrification program.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tens of millions of Saigonese not only suffer from the effects of waste water, hazardous waste and emissions, but also from noise. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The flooding in HCM City is becoming more serious despite money spent on solutions to prevent floods. The filling of canals with rubbish and the illegal building on waterway banks have both slowed canal drainage. 

VietNamNet Bridge - HCMC has proposed a network of water-regulating reservoirs which would help solve the worsening flooding in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City has spent tens of trillions of dong to ease flooding, but the historic rainfall on September 26-27 seriously flooded streets as the drainage system could not handle the deluge. 

The HCM City authorities have set specific goals and decided to apply more serious measures in the action plan to reduce flooding in the 2016-2020 term with hopes of eliminating many ‘hot spots’. The plan is estimated to cost VND97.3 trillion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Department of Transport has proposed the installation of pumpers to increase water drainage capability at a canal close to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Flooding from heavy rain in North Korea has killed 133 people in its northeast while 395 are missing, with many homes and critical infrastructure destroyed,

 At least 17 people have been killed by heavy rains and flooding in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, while at least 14 people have died in Bangladesh, with millions of people also displaced,

 Dams along the Madeira River in western Brazil have flooded 36,100 hectares of rainforest, according to satellite images released on Wednesday, affecting people who live along the river and harming fish populations upon which they depend.

 Swollen rivers in the U.S. Midwest and other regions brought flood warnings for over 12 million Americans on Wednesday as scores of buildings were submerged after days of intense rain in which 24 people have died.

 The El Niño weather event is expected to gain in strength before the end of this year, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Flooding impacts around 26% of city dwellers and costs this economic hub of Vietnam thousands of billions of Vietnam dong a year, said the HCMC center for the anti-flood program.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many economic norms exceeded plan while social issues such as flooding, traffic accidents and diseases still challenged Ho Chi Minh City’s socioeconomic development in the first nine months this year,

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy rain will continue to batter the northern region till September 2.  

 Severe flooding in northern Quang Ninh Province was a result of years of substandard coal mining in the area, experts said.

 Some 175 people have died in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, officials say.The fire on Wednesday night started as people in the city were trying to cope with two days of heavy rain,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee has submitted a plan to State officials to address the city's flooding problems.

 Global food markets could be disrupted by the El Nino event predicted for later this year.