The flood has made our lives so difficult,
It is necessary to manage rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures as quickly as possible,
Yesterday we had only one meal,
I lost my rice, chickens, and ducks,
I don't care about the other belongings. Nothing else is more important than the lives of people and animals,
We are surrounded by water and we don't have enough food for everyone,
Officials from the government need to contact foreign countries to receive rescue and relief aid to be provided to the victims,
Their families are in agony,
The actual number of schools and students affected across the worst-affected provinces is expected to be much higher,
It’s a disaster. It’s the fate that we had to accept,
There are 236,649 people from 59,413 households who were displaced because of typhoon floods ... There were 33 deaths and one person injured around the country,
We could only bring some rice and food with us, and when we ran out of food, we would forage for wild bamboo shoots to eat,
With more heavy rain forecast in the coming days, USAID’s disaster experts continue to monitor humanitarian needs in close coordination with local emergency authorities and partners on the ground,
Though 95 percent of businesses operating in Haiphong were expected to resume some activity on September 10, repair efforts will likely lower output for the next weeks and months,
We walked through neck-high water this morning,
This is the very first time I have experienced such a flood,
This was the highest flooding I've ever seen, it was more than a metre on our first floor,