November 19, 2011
An undated file photo taken at the Toyota Vietnam plant. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said last week the company isn’t considering reducing investment in Thailand. Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize [...]
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October 26, 2011
Bangkok’s second airport shut down Tuesday as floodwaters advanced into the Thai capital, forcing authorities in “crisis mode” to declare a five-day public holiday in preparation for the deluge. The cabinet ordered an October 27-31 holiday for Bangkok and 20 other provinces affected by the kingdom’s worst flooding in decades, amid warnings a high [...]
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October 21, 2011
 Thai people wade through floodwaters in the inundated Ban Bua Thong district of suburban Bangkok on October 20, 2011. Millions of jittery Bangkok residents were warned Friday to move their belongings higher up after the government admitted it was failing in its battle to hold back huge floods just north of the city. In [...]
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October 15, 2011
Thailand’s premier reassured Bangkok’s 12 million residents over a looming flood crisis, after an evacuation false alarm briefly sparked panic and people stockpiled food and water. Thailand fought to hold back floodwaters flowing towards Bangkok Saturday as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the city of 12 million people from the kingdom’s worst inundation [...]
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October 7, 2011
This picture, taken on October 5, shows a Vietnamese farmer showing a damaged sheaf of rice at his flooded rice field in Vinh Dien Commune, Giang Thanh District, Kien Giang Province of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to [...]
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January 5, 2010
Tran Ngoc Hong sits besides his waterlogged apricot garden in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City. LookAtVietnam – Hundreds of families on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City won’t be able to enjoy Tet this year after a broken dyke flooded their houses and apricot gardens early Saturday. Apricots trees are the traditional [...]
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January 4, 2010
Tran Ngoc Hong sits besides his waterlogged apricot garden in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City. Hundreds of families on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City wonât be able to enjoy Tet this year after a broken dyke flooded their houses and apricot gardens early Saturday. Apricots trees are the traditional decorative plant [...]
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November 23, 2009
Residents in the central provinces of the country struggle to rebuild their lives after being devastated by massive floods from typhoons and tropical storms in recent weeks. After Storm Mirinae subsided, many areas in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh are still flooded. With support from the air force, local authorities have delivered dozens [...]
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November 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Hydropower plants in the Central Highlands are destroying the region’s environment, the Natural Resources Minister said in a note to a National Assembly member this week. Discussing the note, a university lecturer and department head added that the power plant projects in question were being constructed without adequate consultation of experts in the [...]
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November 15, 2009
Nguyen Thi Khu (R) was among three people rescued by Le Nhu Thien before he became one of typhoon Mirinaeâs victims. Youth put their lives on the line to rescue flood victims His social insurance card was placed on the altar instead of a picture because all his photographs had been swept away by the [...]
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