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Vietnam flooding submerges homes, kills 41, after relentless rain
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» NHA TRANG (VIETNAM) - Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 41 people were killed.
Vietnam flood death toll reaches 16
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 20/11/2025
» HANOI - The death toll from a new round of torrential rain, flooding and landslides in central Vietnam since the weekend has risen to 16, a government report said on Thursday, with water levels rising further in already inundated towns and villages.
Landslide kills 6 bus passengers in central Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2025
» HANOI - At least six people were killed in central Vietnam when a bus carrying them was hit by a landslide on Sunday evening, state media reported on Monday, as heavy rain pounded the area.
What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
Code War: Myanmar's final digital battle ends
AFP, Published on 27/09/2019
» YANGON - Accessing everything from Wikipedia to Google Maps in Myanmar is about to get a lot easier when it finally adopts the universal code underpinning phone and online communication next week.
Something sss-strange in your Bangkok neighbourhood?
AFP, Published on 14/09/2018
» A fire department in northern Bangkok has not received a call for a fire since June. But for trapping a slithery foe? There is a 24-hour hotline.