Rapports

Cambodia's National Route Six has emerged as a lifesaver from the floods that have wrought havoc in many provinces. Several families and their cattle have found the elevated road - which runs from Phnom Penh to the country's largest…

SEATTLE - World Vision is distributing food, medicine and other emergency aid in Vietnam and Cambodia in response to the worst floods to hit Southeast Asia in seven decades. Since July, Mekong River floodwaters have submerged tens of thousands…

Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Loas have been struck by the worst floods along the Mekong Delta since 1961. CRS/Vietnam staff member Nguyen Thi traveled to affected areas in Vietnam and reports, "The damage is much worse than initially presumed.…

In the past week flooding of the Mekong River has intensified, rising to a record of 11.05 metres. The Mekong River Commission forecast that the water levels will continue to rise in the coming week. Over 70,000 cases of water-borne…

CARE International, one of the world's leading international relief and development agencies, is responding to massive flood emergencies in three Asian countries. In the eastern Indian state of West Bengal over 10 million people are affected by widespread flooding while…

"As the Mekong River system continues to rise to its highest levels in decades, flood emergencies are arising along the entire river's length in areas where inhabitants represent some of the poorest people in Asia," reports Skip Dangers of…

by: Veasna Kith - Communications Officer, World Vision Cambodia World Vision Cambodia is engaged in the initial phase of flood relief work, providing food and shelter materials to 1,302 families displaced due to record flooding in the country's worst affected district. Around…

by: Alan Austin Up to two million people in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam are believed homeless in the worst Mekong River floods in memory. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians have been evacuated to pagodas, schools and elevated areas. More are…

Oxfam Hong Kong, together with other Oxfams working in the region (Community Aid Abroad, Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam America and NOvib) are looking at the floods with a regional lens, and are keen on joint initiatives that will respond…

The worst flooding in a generation has affected millions of people along the banks of the Mekong river in South-East Asia. Unseasonably early and heavy monsoon rains have hit Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam submerging vast areas of farm land and forcing…