The Ministry of Transport (MoT) estimates that about 2.9 trillion VND (118.3 million USD) is needed to repair highways from Thanh Hoa central province to northern provinces, which were damaged by typhoon Yagi.

Northern localities are taking drastic actions to cope with the aftermaths of typhoon Yagi and its subsequent heavy rains and flooding.

Flooding continued to afflict four northern provinces of Chiang Rai, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, and Nong Khai of Thailand on September 1, according to Director-General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Chaiwat Chuntirapong.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 10 signed an official dispatch asking relevant agencies and localities to focus on overcoming the consequences of floods and actively respond to natural disasters in northern mountainous and midland areas.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has asked northern provinces and centrally-run cities to actively respond to heavy rain accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds.

Thailand’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan on March 10 worked with forestry officials from 17 northern provinces to seek measures to combat forest fires.

Four people have died and gone missing due to prolonged heavy rains and floods that hit northern mountainous provinces over the weekend.

A cold spell has reached northeastern provinces and some areas in north-central provinces since April 7 morning, making the temperature drop to 18-21 degrees Celsius, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Hanoi and other northern provinces were inundated following heavy rains on May 23 and 24 that have caused human and property losses.

The northern region enjoyed record rice output and productivity in the 2020-2021 Winter-Spring crop, it was reported at an online review conference on May 28.​

Northern provinces have seen heavy rains in the past few days, causing floods on the Thao River and inundation in Yen Bai province, said the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Three people were killed and three others injured after downpours and thunderstorm struck several northern mountainous provinces on April 23 morning.

Hailstones and whirlwinds struck northern provinces in the past few days, leaving one missing and three injured as well as causing initial damage of around 26 billion VND (1.12 million USD) as of 19:00 on February 18.

Another cold spell is forecast to hit northern provinces from December 27 night, while frost and snow will fall in the northern mountainous region, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Reducing food shortages and malnutrition in the northern provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau and Ha Giang is the main goal of a project sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.

Fansipan peak, dubbed as the Indochina's roof, in Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province, was covered in snow as average temperature at the northern mountainous area was below 0 Celcius degrees at night.

Vietnam’s area of new concentrated forests hit 131,000ha in the first eight months of 2017, a rise of two percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on August 17 carried 2.5 tonnes of goods raised by the Vu A Dinh scholarship fund to flood-hit victims in the northern provinces of Son La and Yen Bai on August 17.

Northern provinces are suffering the first major hot spell of summer 2017, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius.

Northern provinces have built 895 large scale fields on more than 42,300ha for the Summer-Autumn crop, an increase of about 2,700ha year-on-year.