Vietnam has had an influence when during this flood, the Chinese side simultaneously discharged floods on two major river systems, the Da River and the Red River, increasing flood water on the rivers, causing 7 dyke incidents in Vietnam.

Nam Nhu Primary School (Dien Bien province) was deeply flooded due to prolonged heavy rains

Vietnam currently has a number of river basins with similar characteristics to the Yangtze River basin, especially the Red River basin. From the beginning of 2020 up to now, in Vietnam, there have been 16 types of natural disasters with 223 thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail in 46 provinces across the country, of which 9 large-scale events in 21 provinces and cities. The ministry caused 65 deaths and disappearances, and an economic loss of nearly 4,000 billion VND.

Notably, only in July, the whole country happened 7 heavy rains, floods, local floods; 5 heavy rains, flash floods, landslides in the northern mountainous region. On July 20 and July 21, Ha Giang province had a very heavy rain of 350mm in 10 hours, killing 5 people. Also from August 16 to August 21, due to the influence of typhoon No. 4, the Northern mountainous area had common heavy rain from 200-400mm.

In the context of increasingly complicated natural disasters and increasing requirements in safety assurance, the current situation and China's experience in dealing with particularly heavy rain and floods, Vietnam should proactively implement perform the response script to not be surprised. In addition to raising public awareness, ensuring reservoir safety, dyke safety is identified as the focus during the rainy season, to ensure safety for residents and important infrastructure such as Hanoi and other other key localities.