Vietnam flood death toll nears 100
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-12 08:16
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Vietnamese Buddhist monks and believers pray during a ceremony to mark Vu Lan, a day to honour the dead, at the Luong Chau pagoda, 50 km outside Hanoi on Sunday. Reuters |
Flash floods and landslides brought by tropical storm Kammuri since last Saturday have battered mountainous villages in northern Vietnam, killing at least 97 people and leaving 48 missing, the government said yesterday.
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