VIENTIANE: Over 255,000 people have been affected by natural disasters so far this year, in which 32 people were injured, 12 ...
Lawmakers on Monday began a two-day Q&A session focused on banking, health, and information and communications, as the ...
A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming ...
To date, 35 credit institutions have announced support packages totaling 405 trillion VND (16 billion USD) to continue ...
Storm Yinxing continued to weaken on Monday morning and is expected to degrade into a low-pressure area as it nears central ...
The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector's first multi-disaster insurance ...
In 2024, an unprecedented series of floods and landslides led to the first-ever multi-disaster insurance payout in the aid ...
Insurance claims surge in 2024 as global disaster losses exceed $258 billion, with Aon’s report highlighting the need for resilient risk management solutions.
A planned and internationally coordinated approach to mitigate and avoid the catastrophic impact of storms and other natural ...
The Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) policy responded after reaching its deductible threshold of CHF 33 million (US$38 ...
The Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) policy responded after reaching its deductible threshold of CHF 33 million (US$38 ...
In late September, northern Vietnam was hit by Typhoon Yagi. Torrential rains and floods affected 26 Northern provinces and settlements, which contributed to 41% of GDP and 40% of the population. 298 ...