The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 people still missing, the Environment Ministry said Sunday (November 23, 2025), after days of heavy rain and landslides.
Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October, and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding. Whole sections of coastal Nha Trang city were inundated last week, while deadly landslides struck highland passes around the Da Lat tourist hub.
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In the hard-hit mountainous Province of Dak Lak, 61-year-old farmer Mach Van Si said the floodwaters left him and his wife stranded on their sheet-metal rooftop for two nights.
“Our neighbourhood was destroyed. Nothing was left. Everything was covered in mud,” Mr. Si told AFP on Sunday (November 23). By the time they climbed a ladder to their roof, Mr. Si said he was no longer scared. “I just thought we were going to die because there was no way out,” he said.
