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  Urban flooding unavoidable

  (16:31:38 PM 03/11/2014)

  Urban flooding in HCMC is approaching the irrecoverable threshold and is seen unavoidable in the next several years, according to facts and figures at a meeting convened by the HCMC government this week.

  Tags: Urban, flooding, unavoidable, HCMC, government, heavy rain, vision
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  HCM City to evaluate flooding damage

  (15:56:00 PM 15/01/2015)

  HCMC will assess the overall impact of flooding in order to prioritize investments in the vulnerable areas, heard a meeting held last week to introduce the 2014-2020 flood control program.

  Tags: HCM City, evaluate, flooding damage, Climate Change,
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  New reservoir system will help prevent flooding in HCM City

  (14:35:16 PM 22/08/2014)

  HCM City authorities are planning to build a system of reservoirs that will help regulate water levels and decrease flooding by 30 percent.

  Tags: Dau Tieng, reservoir, flooding
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  Historic flooding destroys central Vietnam

  (15:18:37 PM 19/11/2013)

  Floods triggered by torrential rains in the central region have killed at least 31 people, left two missing and seriously injured three others, disaster officials said on November 17.

  Tags: flood, central region, central vietnam, victims, death,
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  Hydro plants blamed for worsening flooding in central Vietnam

  (15:52:37 PM 18/11/2013)

  Many local authorities in the central region said the discharge of water in large quantities from hydropower plants worsened the recent flooding in central provinces that killed 24 people.

  Tags: Hydro plants, flooding, central Vietnam
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  Plastic greenhouses may exacerbate flooding

  (16:57:06 PM 06/06/2015)

  Flash floods last week in Viet Nam's horticultural capital, Da Lat, in the Central Highlands, left many homes roof-deep in water and killed one person. But many people in the region wonder why flooding has become such a problem in recent years. Residents, both officials and the general public, offer many reasons.

  Tags: Plastic greenhouses, Da Lat, flash floods,
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  31 dead, 10 missing in central Vietnam flooding

  (08:22:01 AM 18/11/2013)

  The weekend flooding in central Vietnam, caused by the latest tropical depression and hydropower dams’ discharging water, had claimed the lives of 31 people and left 10 missing as of Saturday afternoon.

  Tags: flooding, central Vietnam
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  How did the flooding which killed over 40 people occur?

  (10:33:51 AM 21/11/2013)

  At least 41 people died, over 10 bridges were swept away, two large mountains struck down to the road, and hundreds of thousands of houses were sunken. These are the consequences left by the latest tropical depression in central Vietnam.

  Tags: historic flood, central vietnam, tropical depression, quang ngai, binh dinh
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  Vietnam city agency draws flak for failing to stop flooding

  (11:21:30 AM 23/10/2014)

  Ho Chi Minh City’s transport department has come under fire for failing to come up with solutions for the chronic flooding in parts of the city in its role as a think tank for the government for anti-flooding work.

  Tags: Vietnam, city, agency, draws, flak, failing, stop flooding
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  HCM City prepares to face another flooding season

  (16:06:47 PM 21/04/2015)

  HCM City authorities planned to finish fortifying the city against floods before the season began, but the deadline is looming and preparations aren't complete.

  Tags: HCM City, prepares, face another, flooding season,
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  Vietnam metro is sinking, flooding easier

  (09:50:52 AM 20/11/2013)

  Groundwater overexploitation and urbanization blamed, but one study finds rainwater can be pumped to effectively recharge the water table.

  Tags: Vietnam metro, sinking, flooding
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  Construction of flooding control works in HCMC slow

  (16:06:00 PM 18/07/2015)

  Most major components of HCMC’s master zoning plan for drainage until 2020 have been moving at a snail’s pace in the past 15 years though the city has spent some VND29 trillion on them.

  Tags: Construction, flooding control works, reduce flooding,
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  Photo: Lang Son ravaged by floods

  (11:28:01 AM 23/07/2014)

  Over the past two days, heavy downpours have caused widespread flooding in northern mountainous provinces after Typhoon Rammasun struck the region.

  Tags: lang son, floods, Typhoon Rammasun,
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  Torrential rains submerge Central Highland province

  (14:49:54 PM 27/08/2014)

  Heavy rain in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong's Hiep An commune caused serious flooding which blocked traffic to the neighbouring city of Da Lat.

  Tags: Torrential, Lam Dong, Da lat
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  Lao Cai flood victims seek compensation

  (10:33:25 AM 30/12/2014)

  A waste water reservoir in the northern province of Lao Cai burst at the beginning of last month, flooding local residents' fields, ponds and wells, but they are yet to receive compensation.

  Tags: Lao Cai, waste water reservoir, clean water supply system
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  HCM City needs more action to tackle depression

  (11:32:33 AM 15/07/2013)

  Ho Chi Minh City needs to reduce construction of fixed works in low lying areas--so as to contain and regulate floodwater--and also ban exploitation of underground water to limit depression that has contributed to increase in flooding in several parts of the City.

  Tags: HCM City, underground water, quick urbanization, dyke system,