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Saigon schools close early as storm Tembin to make landfall in southern Vietnam (photos)

Monday, December 25, 2017, 11:17 GMT+7

A guard informs parents of the new pick-up time at Tam Vu Elementary School in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A father takes his daughter home in the rain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A father takes his son home in the rain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A man walks his son to school in the rain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A mother takes her daughter home in the rain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Students wait for their parents in front of a school in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A student dressed in warm clothes is seen in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Parents read a class cancelation announcement in front of Tam Vu Elementary School in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Students leave Vo Truong Toan Middle School in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Students are seen at Vo Truong Toan Middle School in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A sixth-grader calls his parents to pick him up early in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Students walk home after learning of the class cancelation in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A mother takes her daughter home in the rain in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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