Vietnam

Despite damage to local railways, USAID/OFDA-funded relief supplies arrive to aid a flood-affected woman in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.

Vietnam Red Cross Society

Monsoon rains in September and October 2011, exacerbated by three tropical storms, resulted in flooding across Vietnam, particularly in southern and central provinces.  As of October 18, floods had affected more than 700,000 people, resulted in approximately 60 deaths, and inundated an estimated 88,000 houses, as well as thousands of acres of rice and other crops, according to the Government of Vietnam.  Flood tides in Ho Chi Minh City—the largest city in Vietnam—reached a 50-year high during late October, causing water to breach dykes, canals, and sewage gates throughout the city. In response to an October 18, 2011, disaster declaration for floods, USAID/OFDA provided $100,000 to CARE to provide emergency relief supplies to flood-affected families in the Mekong Delta.  A USAID/OFDA regional advisor also traveled to Vietnam to monitor the impact of the floods and assess response activities.

USG HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED IN FY 2012

*This figure includes funding for both disaster response and disaster risk reduction activities. (As of August 13, 2012)

Southeast Asia Floods Fact Sheet #3 (162kb PDF) and map (2.14mb PDF)