List of disasters in Vietnam by death toll

The list of disasters in Vietnam by death toll includes major disasters and accidents - excluding warfare and other intentional acts - that took place on Vietnamese soil and resulted in 10 or more fatalities:

List

Disaster	Type	Location	Deaths	Date	References
Typhoon Kajiki	Typhoon	Nationwide	3	August 2025	[1]
COVID-19 pandemic	Pandemic	Nationwide	40,000+	2020 to present	[2]
Tropical Storm Linda	Typhoon	Southern Vietnam	3,111	November 1997	[3]
Typhoon Haiphong	Typhoon	Haiphong	3,000	October 1881	[4] [5]
1904 Thua Thien Hue Tsunami	Tsunami	Thừa Thiên Huế	724	11 September 1904	[6]
1999 Vietnamese floods	Flood	Central Vietnam	622	October–November 1999	[7]
Đồng Nai train disaster	Accident	Đồng Nai province	200+	17 March 1982	[8]
Typhoon Yagi and Northern Vietnam floods	Typhoon, floods	Northern Vietnam	344+	7 September 2024	[9]
Typhoon Damrey	Typhoon	Central Vietnam	106	November 18, 2017	[10]
2020 Central Vietnam floods	Flood	Central Vietnam	249	October–November 2020	[11]
Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire	Fire	Ho Chi Minh City	60	29 October 2002	[12]
2023 Hanoi building fire	Fire	Hanoi	56	13 September 2023	[13]
Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge	Construction collapse	Cần Thơ	55	26 September 2007	[14]
2022 Vietnam karaoke bar fire	Fire	Ho Chi Minh City	32	6 September 2022	[15]
2018 Northern Vietnam floods	Flood	Northern Vietnam	23	23 June 2018	[16]
Quảng Ngãi skin disease outbreak	Disease	Quảng Ngãi province	19	21 April 2012	[17]
MS Bulk Jupiter	Shipwreck	Coast of Vũng Tàu	16+	1 January 2015	[18]

References

1. "Typhoon Kajiki live: Powerful typhoon drenches Vietnam's coastal areas after mass evacuations ordered". BBC.
2. "Info for travelers on Covid-19 in Vietnam". Vietnam Tourism. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
3. "Summing-up report on disaster situations in recent years and preparedness and mitigation measures in Vietnam - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2003-02-24. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
4. "World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive". wmo.asu.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
5. Terry et al, 2012
6. VietNamNet News. "Báo VietnamNet". VietNamNet News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-12-27.
7. "Vietnam - Floods Fact Sheet # 2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 1999-12-22. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
8. Đình Phú; Anh Tài (24 April 2018). "Bí ẩn thảm nạn đường sắt 17.3.1982" [The mystery of the railway accident of March 17, 1982]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
9. News, V. T. C. (2024-09-28). "344 người chết và mất tích, thiệt hại kinh tế hơn 81.000 tỷ đồng do bão Yagi". Báo điện tử VTC News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-10-06.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
10. Kettley, Sebastian (2017-11-08). "Typhoon Damrey damage: Vietnam wrecked by strongest deadly typhoon". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
11. Julia Hollingsworth (21 October 2020). "More than 100 dead as Vietnam reels from 'worst floods in decades'". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
12. "Fifteen years on from the horrors of catastrophic blaze that rocked Saigon - VnExpress International". VnExpress International. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
13. "At least 10 killed, including four children, in Vietnam building blaze". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
14. "Fatalities In Vietnam's Can Tho Bridge Collapse Surge To 59". Yahoo! News . Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
15. "Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 32 people". BBC News. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
16. Floods, landslides in northern Vietnam kill 23, leave 10 missing
17. "Vietnam seeks foreign help to beat mystery skin disease". BBC News. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
18. "Ship Sinks Off Vietnam, Only 1 of 19 Crew Rescued". The Indian Express. The Associated Press. January 4, 2015.