There Are 90 Flood Death Victims In Vietnam, 12 Others Are Missing

Illustration - Floods in central Vietnam. (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - At least 90 people died and 12 others disappeared after a major flood hit central Vietnam.

Quoted from ANTARA, Floods hit central Vietnam and this highlands caused extensive damage and economic losses of more than 341 million US dollars (around Rp5.68 trillion).

Dak Lak Province recorded the most fatalities with 63 people. Khanh Hoa Province, where Nha Trang City is located, reported 14 deaths.

Lam Dong reported five, Gia Lai three, Hue and Da Nang two each, and Quang Tri one victim.

Floods also damaged 1,154 houses and disrupted transportation in various areas.

A number of national roads and rural roads cannot be passed by vehicles due to high puddles of floods and landslides.

Power outages had an impact on about 1.2 million households at the peak of the disaster.

As of Sunday, November 23, 2025, as many as 257,000 households were still living without electricity.

This condition causes major disruptions to cellular and internet phone services.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for stronger steps to contain severe flooding and other natural disasters that hit the provinces in the central region, Vietnam News said.

The Vietnamese government has distributed emergency assistance amounting to 700 billion or around 26.6 million US dollars (around Rp443.4 billion) to support recovery efforts in the most severely affected areas.

Local authorities said military and police personnel had been deployed to deal with the situation.

They also stated that around 3.24 million livestock and poultry had died or had been swept away by the flood.