(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-11-13 14:46

HANOI - Flooding in Vietnam's central region has killed 20 people, left six others missing and injured six since November 10, according to the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention on Tuesday.

Quang Ngai province has suffered the biggest human loss with eight deaths and one missing, followed by Binh Dinh province with four deaths, and Quang Nam province with three deaths and three missing.

The floods have also inundated 62,500 houses, and many hectares of subsidiary crops, irrigation works and aquaculture ponds in the region.

Natural disasters including typhoons and hails in Vietnam killed 339 people, left 274 persons missing, and injured 2,065 others in 2006. The estimated losses totaled 18.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly US$1.2 billion) in the year.