HANOI: Dozens of people dead, thousands evacuated and millions of dollars in damage. Vietnam is once again battling widespread flooding driven by climate change and poor infrastructure decisions, experts say.
The Southeast Asian nation’s location and topography make it naturally vulnerable to frequent typhoons and some flooding, but the situation is being made worse by the heavier rains that climate change brings and rampant urbanization.
- Stronger, wetter storms -
Vietnam is in one of the most active tropical cyclone regions on Earth and prone to heavy rains between June and September.
Ten typhoons or tropical storms usually affect Vietnam, directly or offshore, in a given year, but it has experienced 12 already in 2025.
