BEIJING, Oct 22 — China's third-quarter economic losses due to natural disasters, from super typhoons to floods, more than doubled from the first six months of 2024.

HANOI, Oct 21 — Vietnam's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 6.8 per cent to 7.0 per cent this year, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính told Parliament today.

VIENTIANE, Oct 9 — Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has proposed three key areas to enhance collective leadership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) during the 44th and 45th Asean Summits today.

HANOI, Oct 6 — Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.4 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter on the back of strong exports and industrial production, government data showed today.

PHNOM PENH, Sept 28 — Myanmar military leader cum State Administration Council Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing called on all parties to reduce violence and restore peace to woo more tourists to the market, which only received half a million visitors in the first five months of this year.

YANGON, Sept 25 — The European Union (EU) has allocated up to €1.2 million (RM5.5 million) in humanitarian aid to assist people severely impacted by Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar, the state-run daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported today, according to Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — Typhoon Yagi has unleashed devastating floods and landslides across Southeast Asia, leaving nearly six million children vulnerable and cutting off access to vital resources such as clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter, said the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) today.

HANOI, Sept 16 — Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has cost Vietnam roughly US$1.6 billion (RM6.88 billion) and may cut into the country’s growth rate, showed preliminary estimates from the investment ministry.

NAYPYIDAW, Sept 15 — Myanmar’s flooding death toll rose to 74 as of Friday evening, said a state media report today, after heavy rains triggered widespread floods across the war-torn country.

HANOI/THAI NGUYEN, Sept 13 — The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 226 yesterday, the government's disaster agency said, as flood pressure eased in the capital Hanoi.

HANOI, Sept 12 — Asean foreign ministers yesterday expressed sorrow and sympathy for the devastation caused by the recent typhoon that has affected the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, China, and others.

HANOI, Sept 12 — Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country's north, killing at least 179 people.

BANGKOK, Sept 11 — At least two people were killed and hundreds stranded in Thailand after heavy rains swept through two northern provinces, swelling rivers, inundating settlements and triggering mudslides, authorities said today.

HANOI, Sept 11 — The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi has risen to 141, the government said today as it warned that flood waters were causing the Red River to rise rapidly and threaten to inundate downtown districts of the capital Hanoi.

HANOI, Sept 10 — Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 58 people, and 40 others are missing in northern Vietnam, the disaster management agency said on Tuesday.

HANOI, Sept 9 — Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 24 people and injured another 299 in northern Vietnam on the weekend, the government said, as authorities on Monday warned of more flooding.

HANOI/HAIPHONG, Sept 8 — Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression today, after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, where it damaged factories and infrastructure in export-oriented industrial hubs.

HANOI, Sept 8 — Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression today after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, China's Hainan, and the Philippines, claiming dozens of lives, according to preliminary reports.

HANOI/HAIPHONG/BEIJING, Sept 7 — Asia's most powerful storm this year made landfall in northern Vietnam today, the meteorological agency said, killing at least two people after tearing through China's island of Hainan, where it reportedly killed another two and injured dozens more.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — The Embassy of Malaysia in Hanoi has urged Malaysians residing in or visiting northern Vietnam, including Hanoi, to prepare for Super Typhoon Yagi, which is expected to hit the region today.