As history floods devastate Central Vietnam, FPT engineers race overnight to build life-saving rescue platform

Amid torrential rains, rapidly rising floodwaters, and countless calls for help appearing across social media, FPT engineers in Quy Nhơn (Gia Lai province) worked through the night to create antoanmualu.org – a free disaster-warning platform that provides real-time flood forecasting, hourly inundation tracking, and direct emergency alerting to rescue teams.

In recent days, historic flooding has battered the South Central provinces. From city centers to coastal communes, many roads have been submerged, transportation gridlocked, and thousands of households isolated. Rescue teams’ phones rang nonstop as residents searched desperately for reliable updates and immediate assistance. Amid such urgency, FPT engineers in Quy Nhơn chose to “go into emergency mode,” staying awake all night to contribute technological solutions to forecasting and rescue efforts.

Vũ Hồng Chiên, Director of the Quy Nhơn Artificial Intelligence Research & Application Center, FPT Software, FPT shared that he had never seen Quy Nhơn suffer such severe damage:

“Seeing our own FPT colleagues struggling in floodwaters was already heartbreaking, not to mention the thousands of people outside. Looking at the vast sea of water, we knew we had to act quickly,” he said.

FPT engineers formed online working groups and collaborated intensively to build the platform

The idea of a flood-support tool was not new, but the heightened urgency pushed the team to begin immediately. The entire team stayed awake through the night to build and deploy the platform.

That “sleepless night” consisted of intense, nonstop work: a data team processing rainfall and flood datasets; an AI team building predictive models; and a design team hurriedly shaping an interface simple enough for elderly users. All contributions were voluntary, driven by one goal: to launch the platform as a “life-saving information buoy” amid the raging waters.

On November 19, antoanmualu.org officially went live—an achievement made possible by many hours of continuous, sleepless work. The project was deployed urgently as dozens of areas across Central Vietnam were inundated and the demand for emergency information surged dramatically.

The disaster-warning platform officially went live on the evening of November 19

Built with one core mission—delivering timely, accurate, real-time information to affected communities—the platform includes three key functions:

• Detailed rainfall and flood forecasts down to the commune level, updated daily with 7-day projections

• Hourly flood maps showing safe vs. hazardous zones in a visual, easy-to-understand format

• A “Rescue Request” button allowing stranded individuals to send their GPS location and personal details directly to local authorities and rescue teams

The system is currently generating accurate forecasts for Gia Lai, and the team is expanding coverage to additional affected provinces while improving model precision. The website is lightweight and minimalistic, designed to function smoothly even under weak network conditions—a critical factor during natural disasters. The platform is provided entirely free of charge.

Launched while floodwaters were still rising, antoanmualu.org is more than just a technological product. It reflects the community-first spirit of FPT engineers, becoming a new lifeline for people in the heart of the storm.

The platform will continue updating on an hourly basis, with the ambition of becoming a reliable information resource that protects lives and supports rescue teams throughout this storm season—and in the years to come.