Environment

Hue is struggling with thick mud and piles of drifting waste covering streets, riversides and residential areas.

Kalmaegi moved into the East Sea on the morning of November 5 with maximum sustained winds at level 13.

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines on November 4.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is set to bring strong winds, thunderstorms and heavy rain to central and Central Highlands provinces from November 6 to 9.

Large volumes of floating rubbish and decayed timber have covered the surface of Hua Na Reservoir in Nghe An Province after recent storms.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is forecast to enter the East Sea on November 5 and rapidly strengthen, possibly reaching level 13 with gusts at level 17.

A man in the central province of Quang Tri found a rare pangolin crawling on a street on October 31 and handed it over to authorities.

More than 5,300 houses in Ha Tinh and Quang Tri were inundated after days of heavy rain, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and nearly 65,000 students to stay home from school.

Danang City has faced widespread devastation as floodwaters have receded, with mud-caked streets, stranded vehicles, and public facilities buried under debris.

Heavy rain is expected to return to Hue, Danang, and Quang Ngai from the night of October 31, with rainfall ranging from 100 to 200 mm and some areas exceeding 350 mm.

From now until mid-December 2025, moderate to heavy rains are expected to continue in central Vietnam.

Two endangered impressed tortoises (Manouria impressa), a species requiring strict protection, have been found at Dai An Temple in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Rainfall at Bach Ma in Hue reached nearly 1,740mm in one day, the highest ever recorded in Vietnam.

A powerful landslide triggered by heavy rain has buried roads in Quang Tri Province, cutting off more than 1,700 residents in remote areas.

Con Dao National Park in HCM City has successfully relocated 1,800 turtle nests and released around 120,000 hatchlings safely back into the sea during nearly six months of the turtle nesting season.

Prolonged heavy rain and landslides have isolated thousands of residents in central Vietnam, prompting evacuations and emergency relief efforts.