Officers from the Military Region 5, together with Dak Lak provincial police and the People’s Committee of Hoa Thinh Commune, continued moving deeper into the flood-struck area to carry out rescue operations and deliver food supplies to hundreds of households that have remained isolated for days. - Photo: VNA/VNS
HANOI: Historic floods across central and the Central Highlands region of Vietnam have left 68 people dead or missing, with preliminary economic losses estimated at more than VNĐ8.98 trillion (over US$340 million).
As of 6am Saturday (Nov 22), the disaster had claimed 55 lives and left 13 people unaccounted for, rising by 13 compared to the day before, according to the latest report by the Directorate of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
