(VOVWORLD) - At dawn on Tuesday, the damage from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day was evident, NHK said
(VOVWORLD) - 5,000 people joined a charity walk to support victims of Agent Orange/dioxin at Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh
(VOVWORLD) -The United Nations does not have any independent information on how a Ukrainian dam burst, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, describing it as "another devastating consequence of...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN on Wednesday expressed hope that early warning systems for weather disasters will be able to protect people from the worsening impacts of climate change in the next...
(VOVWORLD) -Women’s role in fighting natural disasters topped the agenda of Tuesday’s seminar co-organized by the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the United Nations...
(VOVWORLD) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday announced a number of private sector engagement (PSE) pilot projects to advance innovative solutions to reduce the risk and impact...
(VOVWORLD) - Another storm is heading straight for northern and north-central Vietnam following its evolution from a tropical depression Monday afternoon
(VOVWORLD) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Saturday warned that millions of people in 21 countries in West and Central Africa are facing the risk of a humanitarian crisis as...
(VOVWORLD) - President Trump issued a major disaster declaration for Wyoming on Saturday, meaning that there is now such a declaration within all 50 states due to the COVID-19 pandemic
(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) held a pre-disaster meeting on Wednesday in Hanoi to renew its preparedness for natural disasters
(VOVWORLD) - The world will inevitably face another pandemic of flu and needs to prepare for the potential devastation that could cause, and not underestimate the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO...
(VOVWORLD) -The number of deaths from a collapsed dam at a Brazilian iron mine rose on Sunday from 37 to 58. More than 300 people are still missing two days...
(VOVWORLD) -British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that if Parliament does not support the Brexit deal she reached with the EU in December, it will be disastrous for the...
(VOVWORLD) - The Indonesian Government will not declare the powerful earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in Central Sulawesi a national disaster, but it will accept international aid, said Coordinating Minister for Maritime...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN humanitarian affairs office said on Tuesday it is running out of funds for an emergency fuel program for 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, including 2,000 in...
(VOVWORLD) - Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster after years of reconstruction efforts
(VOVWORLD) -The 11th APEC Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum (SDMOF 11) concluded on Friday in Nghe An province
(VOVWORLD) - The 11th APEC Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum (SDMOF) will open in Vinh city, in the central province of Nghe An on Thursday
(VOVworld) – Various activities have been held across Vietnam to ease the pain of victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) to mark the 55th anniversary of the AO/dioxin disaster in Vietnam (August...
(VOVworld)- On Tuesday, the Da Nang Municipal People’s Committee and relevant agencies of the Pacific Partnership program 2016 (PP16) conducted a drill to improve natural disaster response capacity and...