The HCM City People’s Committee on Monday asked Nha Be District authorities to take urgent measures to prevent landslides on the left bank of the Giong Canal – Kinh Lo River in Hiep Phuoc Commune.

 The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy climbed to 250 on Thursday as rescue teams scoured mounds of rubble for a second day in towns and villages flattened by the natural disaster.

 More than 100 people are still feared trapped after a building collapsed in southern India, an official has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Workers from the Dai Minh Salvage and Rescue Company are working hard to prevent about 2,000 litres of oil from spreading in the Saigon River after a hydrofoil burst into flames on January 20.

 The death toll of a powerful earthquake that hit Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon has risen to 348 as 20 more bodies were recovered by rescue teams in the quake-hit areas,