Floodwaters are receding in many areas, but lingering inundation persists, and recovery efforts are underway with government support Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern viet nam, mainly bac kan and lai chau provinces, since 16 may, triggering multiple landslides and flash floods that have resulted in casualties, damage, including power outages, loss of livestock, and farmland. The vietnam flood warning remains in effect across central vietnam, the central highlands, and parts of the mekong delta
The 2025 northern vietnam floods were a series of floods that affected vietnam, particularly northern vietnam and parts of the north central coast, between 25 september and 16 october 2025, resulting from the combined impacts of three tropical cyclones and several other weather phenomena. Vietnam is bracing for a year of highly unusual and extreme rainfall, with 100mm of rain falling within an hour, considered ‘extreme rain’ likely to become a common phenomenon in 2025. There is severe risk of flooding, isolation, and loss of access to vital services throughout the provinces of dak lak, gia lai, lam dong, and khanh hoa
In november 2025, vietnam, thailand, malaysia, indonesia and the philippines experienced catastrophic flooding, landslides, storm surges and high winds from monsoons and multiple typhoons More than 1,100 people died across the region, and millions have been displaced In addition to destroyed homes, schools and other infrastructure, damage to the agricultural sector will have significant.
