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List of disasters in Vietnam by death toll

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The list of disasters in Vietnam by death toll includes major disasters and accidents - excluding warfare and other intentional acts - that took place on Vietnamese soil and resulted in 10 or more fatalities:

List[edit]

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date References
1971 Red River Delta Flood Flood Red River Delta 100,000 1971 [1]
COVID-19 pandemic Pandemic Nationwide 40,000+ 2020 to present [2]
Typhoon Haiphong Typhoon Haiphong 3,000 October 1881 [3][4]
1906 Thua Thien Hue Tsunami Tsunami Thừa Thiên Huế 724 11 September 1904 [5]
1999 Vietnamese floods Flood Central Vietnam 600 October–November 1999 [6]
Dongnai train disaster Accident Đồng Nai province 200+ 17 March 1982 [7]
Typhoon Damrey Typhoon Central Vietnam 106 November 18, 2017 [8]
2020 Central Vietnam floods Flood Central Vietnam 100+ October–November 2020 [9]
Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire Fire Ho Chi Minh City 60 29 October 2002 [10]
2023 Hanoi building fire Fire Hanoi 56 13 September 2023 [11]
Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge Construction collapse Cần Thơ 55 26 September 2007 [12]
2022 Vietnam karaoke bar fire Fire Ho Chi Minh City 32 6 September 2022 [13]
2018 Northern Vietnam floods Flood Northern Vietnam 23 23 June 2018 [14]
Quảng Ngãi skin disease outbreak Disease Quảng Ngãi province 19 21 April 2012 [15]
MS Bulk Jupiter Shipwreck Coast of Vũng Tàu 16+ 1 January 2015 [16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vietnam's 1971 Red River Delta Flood – Globalenergy-news.com". Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  2. ^ "Info for travelers on Covid-19 in Vietnam". Vietnam Tourism. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. ^ "World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive". wmo.asu.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  4. ^ Terry et al, 2012
  5. ^ VietNamNet News. "Báo VietnamNet". VietNamNet News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  6. ^ "Asian Disaster Reduction Center(ADRC)". www.adrc.asia. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  7. ^ Đình Phú; Anh Tài (24 April 2018). "Bí ẩn thảm nạn đường sắt 17.3.1982" [The mystery of the railway accident of March 17, 1982]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  8. ^ Kettley, Sebastian (2017-11-08). "Typhoon Damrey damage: Vietnam wrecked by strongest deadly typhoon". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  9. ^ Julia Hollingsworth (21 October 2020). "More than 100 dead as Vietnam reels from 'worst floods in decades'". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  10. ^ "Fifteen years on from the horrors of catastrophic blaze that rocked Saigon - VnExpress International". VnExpress International. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  11. ^ "At least 10 killed, including four children, in Vietnam building blaze". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  12. ^ "Fatalities In Vietnam's Can Tho Bridge Collapse Surge To 59". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  13. ^ "Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 32 people". BBC News. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  14. ^ Floods, landslides in northern Vietnam kill 23, leave 10 missing
  15. ^ "Vietnam seeks foreign help to beat mystery skin disease". BBC News. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  16. ^ "Ship Sinks Off Vietnam, Only 1 of 19 Crew Rescued". The Indian Express. The Associated Press. January 4, 2015.