Vietnam: Floods and Storms - Final Report

Between July and November 2000, over 500 sq. kilometers in five Provinces of the Mekong Delta in the south of Vietnam, were flooded. Vietnam’s worst floods in 60 years, flood waters remained at critical levels for this entire period and affected the lives of over five million of the most impoverished people in Vietnam. Enormous economic losses were sustained and the humanitarian impact of the floods was immense, resulting in over 480 deaths. More than half a million people were evacuated, some several times due to the unpredictability of the water levels. As flood levels began to recede in November 2000, the devastation left in their wake, especially in remote rural areas became more noticeable.