Tag: Asia

Vietnam’s Deputy PM Urges Readiness for Disaster Response

06/08/2017

Some 1,768 natural disasters hit Vietnam by July 30, down 203 compared to the same period of last year. However, death toll and the number of people missing amounted to 511 and 145 respectively, up 42 and 45, respectively since the same period last year. Chairing a conference on evaluating natural disaster response in the … More Vietnam’s Deputy PM Urges Readiness for Disaster Response

Military deployed, hundreds of thousands stranded in Thailand

17/01/2017

Hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded in major flooding in Thailand’s south since January 1, 2017. Authorities reported Sunday, January 8, that at least 19 people have died and that military forces have been deployed to cope with massive flooding. The worst is not over yet, meteorologists warned. The floods have ravaged 10 … More Military deployed, hundreds of thousands stranded in Thailand