VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City needs up to VND73 trillion (US$3.15 billion) for flood prevention projects by 2020, according to its Department of Planning and Investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City and southern provinces are being battered by heavy rains in the first 10 days of October. The heavy rains, together with high river tides, will cause flooding in many places, 

 VietNamNet Bridge –  A VND473 billion (US$21 million) flood-prevention project in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District will be implemented in the period of 2017-2018, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The floodgates of Dau Tieng Lake in Dong Nai Province will be opened for the third time this year to ease rising flood waters,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Party Secretary Dinh La Thang has urged HCM City authorities to develop a long-term plan to prevent worsening flooding at the country’s largest airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested that those behind a Ha Noi development master plan work on overhead and underground transport to ease congestion in the capital and neighbouring provinces.