Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

The Vietnamese environment minister told the press Thursday that the ministry will consider making hydropower companies pay for damages caused by their discharge of water from dams.

Flooding triggered by torrential rains during the past days has badly affected the central region in Vietnam as many houses have been inundated and traffic in several major streets and highways remains closed.

Several days of heavy rain and storms have left at least 16 people dead in northern Vietnam, including 12 who were struck by lightning while working in rice fields, authorities said Sunday.

Hanoi - At least 46 people were killed and 21 were missing in the latest heavy rains to hit central Vietnam, bringing the October death toll to 112, authorities said Wednesday.

Hanoi - At least 19 people were killed and five were missing after heavy rains hit central Vietnam, bringing the death toll in October to 86, authorities said Monday.

HANOI — The death toll from flooding in central Vietnam jumped further on Sunday, with 64 people listed as killed and 19 missing more than a week after heavy rains struck the area.

HANOI — At least 13 people have been killed and five others were reported missing in flood-hit Vietnam, a government body said Tuesday.

United Nations relief officials are assisting recovery efforts after Typhoon Mirinae hit the Philippines and Vietnam, where the death toll from the storm rose to more than 120 people.

Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in mountainous northern regions of Vietnam have killed at least 15 people, destroyed houses and damaged roads, the government and state-run radio said on Sunday.

HANOI - The death toll from a week of flooding across large sections of Vietnam rose to 92 on Wednesday as life returned to normal in the capital, with flood waters receding and residents cleaning up their homes.

Floods triggered by torrential rains in northern and central Vietnam have killed about 49 people, state media said on Sunday Nov 2, 18 of them in the capital Hanoi hit by the worst flooding in more than two decades.

HANOI — Floods have killed at least 12 people in central Vietnam, emergency services said Friday, as heavy rains lashed the capital Hanoi and left many streets under one metre (three feet) of water.

A strengthening tropical storm is threatening flashfloods and landslides in central provinces, as well as flood tides in HCM City.

HANOI - Vietnam barred tourist and fishing boats from its famed Halong Bay and ordered an evacuation of areas at risk of flash floods on Wednesday ahead of a powerful typhoon that battered southern China.