Overall Green alert Flood
in Vietnam

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102623
Death: 3
Displaced: -
Countries: Vietnam
From - To 12 May - 14 May

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Vietnam, Mid-May 2024Storms affected areas of Vietnam in mid-May 2024. A short period of heavy rain on 13 May triggered a landslide in Hanoi in which 3 people died. Strong winds damaged hundreds of homes in Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho and Quang Ninh Provinces.Tue 14 May 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
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Latest media headlines

VEPR forecasts Vietnamese GDP growth at below 6% this year 5/17/2024 8:09:00 AM.

VOV.VN - The country's economic growth this year is projected to reach below 6%, according to Dr. Nguyen Quoc Viet, vice director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR). Viet made the projection under the report
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Hun Sen: Cambodia needs an independent waterway for transport 5/17/2024 1:14:00 AM.

The Cambodian former Prime Minister confirmed this in his special message delivered on May 16 via the National Television of Cambodia (TVK), in addition to his firm stance at the closing ceremony of the Cambodian Oknha Association (COA)’s f
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US Power Developer Warns New Trade Probe Imperils Solar Push 5/15/2024 11:39:00 AM.

(Bloomberg) -- A major renewable developer blasted a push by some US solar manufacturers for new tariffs on imported photovoltaic cells from Southeast Asia, calling it a bid to protect their own profits at the expense of clean energy deploy
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It's official: US to slug Chinese EVs with huge tariffs 5/15/2024 5:16:00 AM.

The US Government has officially signed off on a new policy which will see electric vehicles (EVs) made in China hit with massive tariffs – but experts have already raised concerns about the tax. It also increased the tariffs on lithium-
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),