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Japan Provides USD 2 Million in Urgent Support to UNICEF and IOM for Typhoon Relief in Viet Nam
HANOI, 11 October 2024 – In the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yagi, which struck northern Viet Nam on 7 September, the Government of Japan announced a USD 2 million contribution to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support Viet Nam’s critical relief ...
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One month since Super Typhoon Yagi: Learning loss affecting 1.3 million children across South East Asia
BANGKOK, 11 October 2024 - One month after Super Typhoon Yagi swept through Southeast Asia, nearly 1.3 million children are facing major setbacks to their learning due to damaged or closed schools, flooded homes and displaced families. Thousands of schools in Viet Nam, Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Thailand have been affe...
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Emergency response to Typhoon Yagi
Months after Super Typhoon Yagi swept through the coastline and mountainous areas of northern Viet Nam, children continue to endure the aftermath of the strongest storm of their lives. Just days after it made landfall in North Viet Nam, UNICEF’s emergency response teams were on the ground assessing the scale of th...
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Nearly 6 million children affected as floods and landslides devastate Southeast Asia in the wake of Typhoon Yagi
BANGKOK, 18 September 2024 – Floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have ravaged Viet Nam, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand, affecting nearly 6 million children and compromising their access to clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter—pushing already marginalized communities deeper into crisis. “T...
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Embassy of Ireland announces €250,000 support for humanitarian response to Typhoon Yagi in Viet Nam
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 17 Sept 2024: In response to the devastating impact of Typhoon Yagi across northern Viet Nam, the Embassy of Ireland has announced funding of €250,000 to support UNICEF in providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene support to vulnerable children and families affected by the disaster. Followin...
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UNICEF delivers immediate relief to communities affected by devastating Super Typhoon Yagi in Northern Viet Nam
Ha Noi (Viet Nam), 12 September 2024 – UNICEF has provided water supplies to government partners for distribution to households, hospitals, health facilities and schools in three provinces which are among those most affected by Super Typhoon Yagi. The typhoon was the strongest to hit Viet Nam in decades, sweeping ...
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UNICEF Appeal for Recovery after Typhoon Yagi, Viet Nam
The situation, One month after the destructive super typhoon Yagi hit Viet Nam, children and families in affected areas still face acute deprivations and risks. Health and water systems remain damaged, disrupting access to safe drinking water and clean sanitation for 570,000 people and increasing the risk of disea...
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UNICEF concerned for children affected by Typhoon Yagi, ready to support response efforts
Bangkok, 7 September 2024 – UNICEF is deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of children and families who may be affected by Typhoon Yagi as it makes a landfall on the coasts of China and Viet Nam. This is the fourth cyclone to strike Southeast Asia this year and is anticipated to be the most severe. Follo...
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Emergency Response
Challenges, Viet Nam and its children are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. As the 13th most affected country by climate change globally in the past two decades, Viet Nam has been hit hard by increasingly severe and unpredictable weather events, such as multiple flood events that affected 2.5 million childr...
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More than 88,000 children affected by the drought in the Mekong River Delta provinces.
The Government of Viet Nam estimates that 73,900 households (more than 88,000 children) in Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Long An, Ben Tre, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, and Tien Giang provinces are struggling with the intensifying impacts of the drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta. The devastating effects of the drou...
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UNICEF concerned for children and families at risk in Viet Nam, stands ready to support government response to Typhoon Noru
Photos available at: https://weshare.unicef.org/Folder/2AMZIF7KS0QX HANOI, 27 September 2022 – More than 1.6 million children are at risk as Typhoon Noru is expected to make landfall tonight in Central Viet Nam. UNICEF stands ready to support the government in its response efforts and has supported prepositioning ...
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Manufacturing and distributing ceramic filters for use in emergencies
In rural Viet Nam, 20 per cent of the population still do not have access to basic drinking water services, leading to leaving children vulnerable to diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, and other water-borne diseases. Following Cambodia’s example, Viet Nam has invested in the production and distribution of ceramic filte...