Heavy rainfall caused by tropical depression wreaked damage in Vietnam. The flooding took 37 lives, with over 40 people missing as the heavy rains lashed in northern and central provinces
The disasters injured 21 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 houses, submerged another 16,740 homes and damaged infrastructure and crops in six central and northern provinces, the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said in a statement on Thursday.
In the hardest-hit northern province of Hoa Binh, 11 people died and 21 others were missing.
“It’s impossible to fight against this water, it’s the strongest in years,” Ngo Thi Su, a resident in Hoa Binh, was quoted as saying.
“We are mobilising all forces to search for the missing,” a disaster official in the province told AFP news agency by phone.
More rain is forecast for some parts of northern and central regions as a cold spell is moving from southern China to Vietnam.
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