AMN
At least 54 people died and 39 went missing as destructive floods battered northern and central Vietnam this week. The disaster prevention agency today said nineteen people from four neighbouring households in Hoa Binh were buried alive after a landslide struck around midnight on Wednesday, but only nine bodies have been found.
Some 317 houses have collapsed in floods and landslides this week, while more than 34,000 other houses have been submerged or damaged.