Nearly 84,000 houses remain flooded in northern Vietnam

A man carrying water bottles walks through flood waters after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Matmo in Thai Nguyen city on October 8, 2025. Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on October 8, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. - Photo: AFP

HANOI: (Bernama-VNA) Nearly 84,000 houses in northern Vietnam remain submerged following floods triggered by Typhoon Matmo as of Thursday (Oct 9) morning, a significant decrease from more than 220,000 homes affected earlier this week, Vietnam News Agency reported.

According to the Department of Dike Management and Disaster Prevention (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), Thai Nguyen Province remains the worst-affected province with over 70,000 flooded houses, followed by Bac Ninh (more than 11,000), Lang Son (about 2,500) and several dozen in Cao Bang.