The Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control hold an urgent meeting on December 20 to discuss a range of solutions to respond to a tropical depression that strengthened into a storm, the 14th to hit the East Sea this year.

Saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta will likely remain at a high level until the end of April or early May, before gradually declining, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The southern region, including HCM City, is suffering from a heat wave which is predicted to peak in late March and early April, according to the Southern Hydro-Meteorological Station.

With the introduction of modern musical forms, the folk music of ethnic Khmer in the southern region has encountered multiple problems retaining its popular status.

Flooding and tidal surges over the last few days have wreaked havoc in many localities of the southern region.

Ho Chi Minh City recorded five deaths due to dengue fever in the first six months of 2019, announced the municipal Preventive Medicine Centre on July 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Power shortages could occur in the southern region from 2021 to 2025, according to a report from Viet Nam Electricity (EVN).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tropical storm Pabuk, the first to hit the East Sea this year, is heading toward the Gulf of Thailand but is still expected to cause heavy rains in southern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The southern region has attracted US$7.21 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2014, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The weather in HCM City and South Vietnam in the coming days will continue to be scorching, with temperatures up to over 39 degrees Celsius. This is the 2nd heat wave in the dry season this year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has said that if not building new power plants or speeding up the construction of the Long Phu I and Duyen Hai III plants before 2018, the South Vietnam will face power shortages.

A lot of the seaports in the east of the southern region have been operating at a moderate level, others remain half done, causing a great waste of trillions of dong. This has been blamed on the unreasonable seaport system programming.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A crane hit the 500 KV transmission line, causing the power outages in all 22 southern provinces this afternoon. The southern region is expected to have power back tonight, an official said.