A heavy rain and hailstorm have cost the northwestern mountainous province of Son La some 1 billon VND (43,763 USD) worth of damage (not including agricultural losses).
Torrential rains in recent days have caused serious floods and landslides in several northwestern mountainous localities, causing heavy losses in both human life and properties.
Floods triggered by prolonged torrential rains in the past month have killed four locals and injured two others in the northern mountainous province of Son La as of August 24.
The death toll caused by floods following typhoon Bebinca, the fourth storm that hit Vietnam this year, had increased to 10 as of August 18, according to the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
The northern mountainous province of Son La should mobilise different resources and overcome its current difficulties to enhance biodiversity protection, said an environment official.
About 9,000 hectares of rice and maize crops, fruit trees and forest in the border commune of Muong Lan, Sop Cop district, the northwestern province of Son La have been attacked by a plague of locusts
The northern mountainous province of Son La will develop a new natural conservation area covering about 16,000 hectares in Muong La district while focusing on preserving its existing centres.
A large area of rice and maize crops in the mountainous province of Son La is being attacked by a plague of locusts, which has occured for the first time since 1975.