ICC Note:

Some parishes are completely unreachable in recent floods, reports a Vietnamese priest. The floods, which have already claimed 15 lives and destroyed 255 houses have yet to subside and have left some regions without food aid. For people in these regions, life is difficult. Priest Nguyen Van Hung said, “The people are hungry.” When floods reach this area, aid efforts often do not even attempt to reach it because of transportation difficulties and the media largely ignore the floods, he observed. Only three weeks ago, about 35 people were killed and thousands displaced due to flooding in central provinces of Vietnam. Vietnam is a communist country that strictly controls and suppresses Christianity and resists foreign influence.

11/9/2016 Vietnam (Radio Free Asia) –  Severe flooding in the north and south central coastal regions of Vietnam has caused 15 deaths and more than U.S. $44 million in losses and has imposed humanitarian hardships on residents unable to flee, state media reported Wednesday.

Six people remain missing, and 225 houses have been completely destroyed. More than 42,100 other homes have collapsed, according to the reports.

The flooding has affected the provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Dak Lak.

“When the flood came, we ran toward the fields,” said a female resident of hard-hit Ha Tinh province, who gave her name as Lan. “We did not have any means of transportation.”

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