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A tropical depression barreled down Thua Thien-Hue on September 26, causing rains also to nearby provinces like Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa. By September 28, the rains had expanded to the plains and certain mountainous areas of northern Vietnam. By September 30, nine people in Thanh Hoa, Son La, Quang Tri, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho and Nghe An had been confirmed dead amid floods and landslides, according to the National Steering Center for Natural Disaster Prevention. One in Son La and another in Binh Phuoc were swept away by floods and rendered missing. 10 people in Thua Thien-Hue and Nghe An were injured. Rains and floods have also damaged over 44,000 ha of rice and crops, mostly in Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces. Over 240 spots were eroded, with 31,000 m3 of rubble collapsing. Traffic has since resumed normally in these areas. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting on Saturday said northern Vietnam would see … [Read more...] about 9 killed amid floods, landslides in Vietnam

Police in Long An Province, southern Vietnam said on Saturday that they were probing a case in which boards with upward-facing nails were believed to be put on a road in Thu Thua District by a group of vandals in an attempt to commit robberies. According to a police report, T., a 42-year-old local resident in Long An, and her relative noticed two boards full of nails left on the road, numbered 818, running through Thu Thua’s Tan Thanh Commune while they were traveling in a car from southern Tay Ninh Province at around 7:30 pm on Friday. They stopped the car and T. stepped out to go toward the two boards. As soon as she picked them up, a local inhabitant holding a flashlight ran to her and warned her against robbers in the area. The local resident told her that a group of people were hiding by the roadside. T. immediately put the boards aside, returned to the car, and drove away. T., a 42-year-old local resident in Long An Province, southern Vietnam is seen … [Read more...] about Nail traps allegedly placed on road by robbers in Vietnam’s Long An