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Vietnam Updates Typhoon Bualoi Toll to 29 Dead as Damage Assessments Mount

Authorities shift to rescue operations with power restoration across hard-hit northern and central provinces.

Overview

  • Official data cited by Bao moi from the Agriculture and Environment Ministry list at least 29 dead, 22 missing and 139 injured after torrential rain and flooding.
  • More than 144,700 homes were damaged, over 20,000 were fully flooded and nearly 1,100 schools were affected across roughly 17 provinces.
  • Over 6,400 power pylons collapsed, leaving about 2.7 million customers without electricity and complicating communications.
  • Preliminary government estimates put direct economic losses at 8,016 billion Vietnamese dong, or roughly $304 million, with major agricultural and aquaculture damage.
  • Transport disruptions included 42 flight cancellations, over 50 delays nationwide and congestion on 1,272 road segments due to flooding and landslides.