More than 100,000 homes were flooded, mainly in the tourist areas of Hue and Hoi An, with more rain expected.
Published October 29, 2025
Heavy rains have caused severe flooding in central Vietnam, leaving at least nine people dead and five missing, authorities said.
Six of the deaths occurred in the coastal city of Da Nang and the ancient capital of Hoi An, the government said in a statement Wednesday.
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Vietnam’s Civil Defense Agency said in a report that 11 people were injured in the flooding.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said the rains triggered more than 150 landslides, inundating 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) of crops and inundating 103,525 homes.
The government’s disaster agency said in a separate report that most of the flooded homes were in the tourist areas of Hue and Hoi An, where it was still raining on Wednesday.
In Hue, the former imperial capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, 32 out of 40 communes were submerged in floods, affecting 35,000 households. The military mobilized more than 6,000 soldiers and evacuated 3,238 people from the city.
Large parts of Hoi An remained submerged in floodwaters, with some houses submerged up to their roofs, according to photos circulated in state media.
More than 75,000 homes in nearby Da Nang were flooded. The Ministry of the Environment announced that rivers in the city have risen to alarming levels.
Rainfall in the region exceeded 1,000 millimeters (40 inches) in the 24 hours ending late Monday, the highest on record, the bureau said.
Heavy rain will continue in central Vietnam over the next two days, with some areas expected to receive more than 400 millimeters (16 inches) from early Wednesday morning until late Thursday night, the government’s weather forecasting department said.
Vietnam is prone to deadly storms and floods that cause widespread property damage, especially during the June to October storm season.
Scientists say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events such as storms and floods more dangerous and destructive.
In the first nine months of this year, 187 people were killed or missing in Vietnam due to storms, floods, landslides and other disasters.
