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Floods and landslides leave thousands of residents in central region isolated

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The rainfall in Huong Khe district of Ha Tinh province is measured up to 417.8mm at 10 a.m. on September 29. A prolonged spell of torrential rain inundates thousands of households in the central region, forcing residents to evacuate to safer places. As many as 409 households in Huong Khe district of Ha Tinh province have so far been isolated due to flooding. A dyke section in Nghe An province breaks on the night of September 29. Hundreds of residents and military officers had been on-site in order to protect the dyke under the rainy conditions. The water level continues to rise, thereby causing difficulties for local people when travel ling. Many residents evacuate to shelters on September 28 amid the central region facing a high risk of floods and landslides, even as the typhoon dissipates. Kim Hoa commune of Ha Tinh province is left isolated on September 29. Torrential rain floods a kindergarten located in Kim Ho

Winners of Vietnam art photo contest announced

Photographer Le Quang Thien of Da Nang shared that Thu Thiem 2 Bridge is a key construction project which highlights the country’s economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic that has developed the creative urban area in the east of Ho Chi Minh City and is an architectural highlight in urban landscape of the southern metropolis. A photo showing an important goal scored by the Vietnamese men’s football team in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games won a silver medal. The organisers also awarded a further three silvers, eight bronze medals and 16 consolation prizes to winners. The biennial photo contest was launched by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA). Over the past three months the organisers had received 16,935 entries by 1,502 photographers from across the country. The judges had selected a total of 250 photos from 187 authors for an exhibition