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 The BBC's Charlotte Bevan''Officials expect the death toll to keep rising''  real 28k |
Second flood swamps Vietnam
Around 600 people were killed in floods last month |
At least 105 people have been killed in central Vietnam and one million people are in need of emergency aid following a week of torrential rains.
The deluge is the second to hit the area - one of the poorest in the country - in less than a month.
 This is a double whammy for central Vietnam. Communities were only just getting their lives back to normal  |
| John Geoghegan, International Red Cross |
Thousands of people have seen their homes and rice fields destroyed. At least 22 people are missing and officials expect the death toll to rise.
Officials are evacuating tens of thousands of people and the army is using helicopters to deliver food.
But flood waters have risen to two metres in some areas and continuing rains have further hampered relief efforts in the worst hit parts.
Dam fears
The affected region stretches from Quang Tri province to Khanh Hoa province and is home to more than eight million people.
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Soldiers are sand-bagging the dam, while thousands of people downstream have been moved to higher ground, officials said.
The rains have come just as the region was getting back on its feet after the worst floods in Vietnam for 35 years.
Last month's deluge killed nearly 600 people and caused around $240m worth of damage, setting development back by years.
Relief workers and officials said the latest deluge had damaged recently re-planted rice fields and washed away temporary shelters erected following the last floods.
All north-south trains running between the capital Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been cancelled until Wednesday.
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08 Nov 99 | Asia-Pacific |
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Aid reaches Vietnam flood victims |
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05 Nov 99 | Asia-Pacific |
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Death toll rises in Vietnam |
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03 Nov 99 | Asia-Pacific |
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Hundreds die in Vietnam floods |
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