Vietnam Flood Disaster Continues for a Week, Death Toll Rises to 55

After a week of severe flooding in Vietnam, rescue workers were still searching for more than a dozen missing people on the 22nd. Authorities said at least 55 people have died.

According to AFP, since late October, heavy rains have continued in central and southern Vietnam, with popular tourist destinations repeatedly hit by floods.

This week, the entire coastal city of Nha Trang was flooded, while a deadly landslide occurred near the tourist center of Da Lat.

Vietnam's Ministry of Environment said in a statement on the 22nd that since the 16th, at least 55 people have died in six provinces and 13 people are still being searched for.

The statement noted that Dak Lak Province was the hardest hit, with more than 20 fatalities.

According to official media reports, after floodwaters receded on the 21st, rescuers continued to rescue trapped people from treetops and rooftops.

The Ministry of Environment stated that several expressways remained impassable on the 22nd, and 300,000 people were still without power, following earlier large-scale outages that affected over one million people.

According to the Vietnam General Statistics Office, from January to October this year, natural disasters have caused 279 deaths or missing persons and economic losses exceeding 2 billion US dollars (8.3 billion ringgit).