2025-10-26
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Flood
- Country/Region: Vietnam
- Occurrence Date (UTC): 26 October, 2025
- SA activation Date(UTC): 29 October, 2025
- Requester: VietNam Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE)
- Escalation to the International Charter: No
- GLIDE Number: FL-2025-000198-VNM
Disaster Situation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/28/record-rains-drive-flooding-in-vietnam-submerging-ancient-city
Heavy rains have triggered record-breaking floods in some parts of central Vietnam, especially in top tourism destinations Hue, a former imperial capital, and the ancient town of Hoi An. On Tuesday, Vietnam’s disaster management agency recorded more than 1,000 millimetres (39.4 inches) of rainfall over a 24-hour period ending late on Monday in parts of Hue and Hoi An.