Posts Tagged ‘ tropical ’

Contagious brain inflammation infects one in Vietnam 

January 17, 2012
Contagious brain inflammation infects one in Vietnam 

A patient at the Vietnam Central Tropical Diseases Hospital with a contagious brain inflammation condition. A patient in northern Vietnam was Friday confirmed to have a contagious brain inflammation that could be fatal. At least five such cases have been reported in Ho Chi Minh City since December last year. The 21-year-old woman, identified as T.T.T., tested [...]

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Flood-hit Philippines prepares for mass burials 

December 19, 2011
Flood-hit Philippines prepares for mass burials 

  Residents wade through floodwaters among the debris of destroyed houses in Cagayan de Oroon, after tropical storm Washi swept the southern Philippines. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flash-flood victims Monday to minimize the health risk from rotting cadavers after a disaster that has left many hundreds dead or missing. Hard-pressed authorities in [...]

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We ignore nature at our peril 

January 1, 2011
We ignore nature at our peril 

A ship almost sunk in the whirlwind on Sunday morning in Central Vietnam Climate change. Global warming. These have become household words now, because the world has learned over the past few years that these phenomena affect our daily lives. They show us that we can only ignore nature at our peril. But sometimes, it [...]

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Out-of-season bad weather kills two and sinks many boats

January 21, 2010
Out-of-season bad weather kills two and sinks many boats

An out-of-season tropical depression entered the mainland on January 20 and caused heavy rain and strong winds in southern Vietnam and the Central Regions. A pine tree falls in Da Lat city. Strong waves plunged 18 boats and damaged 68 others, killed two people and swept away another on Phu Quy island in Binh Thuan province. [...]

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Rare tropical depression kills two, submerges 66 boats in Vietnam

January 21, 2010
Rare tropical depression kills two, submerges 66 boats in Vietnam

At least two people died and 66 boats sunk in the central province of Binh Thuan during a tropical depression Wednesday, a rarity in Vietnam this time of year, the provincial weather agency reported. Preliminary statistics showed that the depression formed in the East Sea on Monday caused over VND4 billion (US$216,579) in losses when [...]

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Hanoi hospital saves pregnant woman, baby with H1N1

January 10, 2010
Hanoi hospital saves pregnant woman, baby with H1N1

 Staff at Bach Mai Hospital said January 8 they saved the life of a 23-year-old female infected with A/H1N1 flu and her unborn baby.  LookAtVietnam - Staff at Bach Mai Hospital said January 8 they saved the life of a 23-year-old female infected with A/H1N1 flu and her unborn baby.  Pham Thi Lan Anh from Hoan [...]

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Doctor says Hanoi tries to hide dengue fever deaths

November 12, 2009
Doctor says Hanoi tries to hide dengue fever deaths

Dengue fever patients at the Vietnam National Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases. The Hanoi Health Department concealed five dengue fever deaths this year, hospital records reveal. A report by Hanoi Health Department to the Prime Minister on October 22 stated that “Hanoi had recorded 7,813 dengue fever infections, but no deaths, as of October [...]

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Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

November 4, 2009
Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

Despite downgrading into a tropical low, Typhoon Mirinae hit the central region of Viet Nam yesterday, November 3, leaving at least 31 dead, 21 missing and 45 injured. Rescuers and flood victims in Dong Da Commune in the central city of Quy Nhon.According to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, the [...]

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Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

November 3, 2009
Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

LookAtVietnam – Initial losses have been reported in the central coastal provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, with two deaths, one missing person and three injured. Residents in the central province of Binh Dinh battle Storm Mirinae.Phu Yen’s Electricity Company Director Tran Van Khoa said losses sustained by the grid system were huge, with [...]

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Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

November 3, 2009
Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

LookAtVietnam – Initial losses have been reported in the central coastal provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, with two deaths, one missing person and three injured. Residents in the central province of Binh Dinh battle Storm Mirinae.Phu Yen’s Electricity Company Director Tran Van Khoa said losses sustained by the grid system were huge, with [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...