Overview
- Officials put the death toll at 55 with 13 missing after days of flooding and landslides in central and southern provinces.
- Dak Lak and Khanh Hoa accounted for most fatalities, with 14 and 27 respectively, according to ministry figures.
- More than 235,000 homes are inundated and roughly 300,000 people remain without power, with damage estimated near 9 trillion dong.
- Hue declared a disaster emergency after the northern wall of the UNESCO-listed Imperial Citadel collapsed.
- Rescue teams continue evacuations as some waters recede, and state media report foreign financial support from the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea and New Zealand.