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Update news natural disaters
The Prime Minister has tasked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to help families and businesses suffering from the storm, including extending debt payment deadlines, freezing debt, offering unsecured loans, and providing a zero-dong credit package.
Continuous heavy rains from the evening of July 7 to the morning of July 8 have caused severe landslides in Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province, resulting in significant loss of life and property.
Sand washed in by heavy rain “flooded” a road in Phan Thiet City on May 21 morning, burying vehicles and properties.
In recent years, Vietnam has gradually increased investment in technology to improve the effectiveness of natural disaster forecasting and warning.
As floodwater in the Central region began to recede on November 17, people and local authorities have urged to overcome consequences.
Many families in the Mekong Delta region are grappling with critical threats of rampant erosion that is caused by changes in rivers’ flow triggered by excessive sand mining and the construction of hydropower dams upstream that block sediment.
People nationwide have offered support to residents of the flood-stricken central region in recent days, their hearts touched by the plight of thousands of their compatriots.