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:
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DisasterTypeLocationDeathsDateReferencesCOVID-19 pandemicPandemicNationwide43,206+2020 to 20261904 typhoonTyphoonNationwide~4,0007-12 September 1904Tropical Storm LindaTyphoonSouthern Vietnam3,111November 1997Typhoon HaiphongTyphoonHaiphong3,000October 1881Terry et al, 20121904 Thua Thien Hue TsunamiTsunamiThừa Thiên Huế72411 September 19041999 Vietnamese floodsFloodCentral Vietnam622October–November 1999Đồng Nai train derailmentTrain derailmentĐồng Nai province200+17 March 1982Typhoon Yagi and Northern Vietnam floodsTyphoon, floodNorthern Vietnam3257 September 2024Typhoon DamreyTyphoonCentral Vietnam106November 18, 20172020 Central Vietnam floodsFloodCentral Vietnam249October–November 2020Tropical Storm RuthTyphoon, floodNorthern Central Vietnam164September 1980Tropical Storm KammuriTyphoon, floodNorthern Vietnam127August 2008Ho Chi Minh City ITC fireFireHo Chi Minh City6029 October 2002Diễn Hải tornadoTornadoNghệ An province3 April 19832023 Hanoi building fireFireHanoi5613 September 2023Collapse of Cần Thơ BridgeConstruction collapseCần Thơ5526 September 2007Capsizing of the Wonder SeaBoat sinkingQuảng Ninh province3919 July 20252022 Binh Duong karaoke bar fireFireHo Chi Minh City326 September 20222018 Northern Vietnam floodsFloodNorthern Vietnam2323 June 2018Floods, landslides in northern Vietnam kill 23, leave 10 missingQuảng Ngãi skin disease outbreakDiseaseQuảng Ngãi province1921 April 2012Cái Lân port tornadoTornadoQuảng Ninh province1721 November 2006Tropical Storm KaemiTyphoonCentral Vietnam22-24 August 2000MS Bulk JupiterBoat sinkingCoast of Vũng Tàu161 January 2015Trung Kính street fireFireHanoi1524 May 2024Trần Thái Tông street fireFireHanoi131 November 2016
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