Overview
- The Ministry of Environment reported 41 deaths and nine missing after weeks of exceptional rainfall across central and southern provinces.
- About 52,000 homes are inundated and roughly 62,000 people have been moved to safety since Sunday, according to official figures.
- Rescue teams in Gia Lai and Dak Lak are using boats to reach stranded residents on rooftops while key transport links remain cut by floods and landslides.
- A landslide on Khanh Le Pass in Khanh Hoa buried a passenger bus, killing at least five people and injuring 18, disaster authorities said.
- Tourist hubs such as Nha Trang are under water and mountain areas near Da Lat recorded up to 600 millimeters of rain, as the event adds to a year with 279 dead or missing and losses exceeding $2 billion.