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Flooding in Vietnam

Saturday, October 14, 2017, 19:04 GMT+7

A rainbow is seen as Hoa Binh hydroelectric power plant opens the flood gates after a heavy rainfall caused by a tropical depression in Hoa Binh province outside Hanoi, Vietnam, October 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters

A couple watches TV in their flooded house after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Men evacuate a woman through a flooded road after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Boys paddle an improvised boat in a flooded village after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

A farmer stands in his flooded pig farm after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

A man fishes on a flooded road after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

A farmer catches fish in a flooded village after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

A submerged temple is seen in a flooded village after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

A farmer stands in her flooded house after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Farmers paddle in a boat at a flooded village after a tropical depression in Hanoi, Vietnam October 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

People watch as Hoa Binh hydroelectric power plant opens the flood gates after a heavy rainfall caused by a tropical depression in Hoa Binh province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam October 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters

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