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Ho Chi Minh City becomes large ‘river’ after heaviest rain this year

Ho Chi Minh City becomes large ‘river’ after heaviest rain this year

Thursday, September 17, 2015, 11:06 GMT+7
Rainwater rises to the seats of motorbikes on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City during the prolonged torrential rain on September 15, 2015.
Rainwater rises to the seats of motorbikes on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City during the prolonged torrential rain on September 15, 2015.
Two young people are seen trying to push their motorbike through a seriously submerged section of Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of September 15, 2015. Photo
Two young people are seen trying to push their motorbike through a seriously submerged section of Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of September 15, 2015. Photo
A driver tries to get through a heavily flooded section of  Nguyen Huu Canh Street.
A driver tries to get through a heavily flooded section of Nguyen Huu Canh Street.
A driver tries to get through a heavily flooded section of  Nguyen Huu Canh Street.
A driver tries to get through a heavily flooded section of Nguyen Huu Canh Street.
A serious traffic jam at the Hang Xanh Crossroads in Binh Thanh District.
A serious traffic jam at the Hang Xanh Crossroads in Binh Thanh District.
People are seen walking their motorbikes, whose engines 'died' of rainwater, on a street in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15, 2015.
People are seen walking their motorbikes, whose engines 'died' of rainwater, on a street in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15, 2015.
Rainwater rises to the seats of motorbikes on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City during the prolonged torrential rain on September 15, 2015.
Rainwater rises to the seats of motorbikes on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City during the prolonged torrential rain on September 15, 2015.
On Kinh Duong Vuong Street, District 6
On Kinh Duong Vuong Street, District 6
On Kinh Duong Vuong Street, District 6
On Kinh Duong Vuong Street, District 6

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